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The removal of woody encroachment restores biophysical gradients in Midwestern oak savannas.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Brudvig, L. A. & Asbjornsen, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Savannas throughout the world are characterized by spatial gradients of resources created by scattered overstorey trees. These gradients are important...

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Succession of floodplain grasslands following reduction in land use intensity: the importance of environmental conditions, management and dispersal.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Bischoff, A. & Warthemann, G. & Klotz, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Classical ecological theory predicts a succession towards plant communities that are determined by environmental conditions. However, in ecological re...

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Growth responses of neotropical trees to logging gaps.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Herault, B. & Ouallet, J. & Blanc, L. & Wagner, F. & Baraloto, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modelling growth strategies among tropical trees is an important objective in predicting the response of tree dynamics to selective logging and in gai...

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Culling wildlife hosts to control disease: mountain hares, red grouse and louping ill virus.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Harrison, A. & Newey, S. & Gilbert, L. & Haydon, D. T. & Thirgood, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Culling wildlife hosts is often implemented as a management technique to control pathogen transmission from wildlife to domestic or other economically...

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Sanitary versus environmental policies: fitting together two pieces of the puzzle of European vulture conservation.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Margalida, A. & Donázar, J. A. & Carrete, M. & Sánchez-Zapata, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Between 1996 and 2000 the appearance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy swiftly became one of the most serious public health and political crises con...

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Influence of vegetation clutter on the capacity of ground foraging bats to capture prey.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Rainho, A. & Augusto, A. M. & Palmeirim, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of the habitat of insectivorous species often targets increasing the availability of arthropod prey. However, this may be hindered by l...

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Decrease in soil pH has greater effects than increase in above-ground carbon inputs on soil organic carbon in terrestrial ecosystems of China under nitrogen enrichment.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Lu XiaoFei & Gilliam, F. S. & Guo JieYun & Hou EnQing & Kuang YuanWen

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Impacts of nitrogen (N) enrichment on soil carbon (C) budgets in terrestrial ecosystems have been well documented by numerous field experiments and sy...

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Economic and not ecological variables shape the sparing-sharing trade-off in a mixed cropping landscape.

Published online: 20 May 2022

Authors: Segre, H. & Carmel, Y. & Shwartz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The framework of land sparing versus land sharing provides a useful analytical tool to address the crop-production/biodiversity trade-off. Despite mul...

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Long-term heavy grazing increases community-level foliar fungal diseases by shifting plant composition.

Published online: 30 Apr 2022

Authors: Liu Yong & Duan DongDong & Jiang FeiFei & Tian Zhen & Feng XiaoXuan & Wu NaNa & Hou FuJiang & Kardol, P. & Nan ZhiBiao & Chen Tao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In grasslands, the interactions of foliar fungal diseases and their host plants are largely dependent on grazing by large herbivores. However, the rel...

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Turnover in floral composition explains species diversity and temporal stability in the nectar supply of urban residential gardens.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Tew, N. E. & Baldock, K. C. R. & Vaughan, I. P. & Bird, S. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Residential gardens are a valuable habitat for insect pollinators worldwide, but differences in individual gardening practices substantially affect th...

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