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Emerging threats in urban ecosystems: a horizon scanning exercise by Stanley, Margaret C, Beggs, Jacqueline R, Bassett, Imogen E, Burns, Bruce R, Dirks, Kim N, Jones, Darryl N, Linklater, Wayne L, Macinnis-Ng, Cate, Simcock, Robyn, Souter-Brown, Gayle, Trowsdale, Sam A, Gaston, Kevin J

“…As urbanization intensifies, urban ecosystems are increasingly under pressure from a range of threats. Horizon scanning has the potential to act as an early…”
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Reducing wildlife damage with cost-effective management programmes by Krull, Cheryl R

“…Uses the impact and management of wild pigs as a case study to demonstrate the linkage between wildlife management (control) with changes in animal abundance…”
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Seedlings of temperate rainforest conifer and angiosperm trees differ in leaf area display by Lusk, Christopher H., Pérez-Millaqueo, Manuel M., Saldaña, Alfredo, Burns, Bruce R., Laughlin, Daniel C., Falster, Daniel S.

“…• Background and Aims The contemporary relegation of conifers mainly to cold or infertile sites has been ascribed to low competitive ability, as a result of…”
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Predicting plant invasions under climate change: are species distribution models validated by field trials? by Sheppard, Christine S, Burns, Bruce R, Stanley, Margaret C

“…Climate change may facilitate alien species invasion into new areas, particularly for species from warm native ranges introduced into areas currently marginal…”
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The hare, tortoise and crocodile revisited: Tree fern facilitation of conifer persistence and angiosperm growth in simulated forests by Brock, James M. R., Morales, Narkis S., Burns, Bruce R., Perry, George L. W., McMichael, Crystal

“…Forests in which conifers and angiosperms coexist in the canopy with a well‐developed understorey/subcanopy have often been conceptualized as three component…”
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Distinctive vegetation communities are associated with the long‐lived conifer Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri, Araucariaceae) in New Zealand rainforests by Wyse, Sarah V, Burns, Bruce R, Wright, Shane D

“…The conifer Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri; Araucariaceae) has a significant influence on soil processes beneath its canopies, reducing soil pH, stalling…”
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Tree fern ecology in New Zealand: A model for southern temperate rainforests by Brock, James M.R., Perry, George L.W., Lee, William G., Burns, Bruce R.

“…•Tree ferns are prominent components of southern temperate forests.•Historically tree ferns have been neglected in research into forest dynamics.•They may…”
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Effects of interspecific alien versus intraspecific native competition on growth of native woody plants by Sheppard, Christine S, Burns, Bruce R

“…The success of invasive plants and their impacts on community structure are commonly explained by referring to their supposed higher competitive ability…”
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Protecting trees at an individual level provides insufficient safeguard for urban forests by Wyse, Sarah V., Beggs, Jacqueline R., Burns, Bruce R., Stanley, Margaret C.

“…•Trees were protected primarily for cultural rather than biodiversity reasons.•Older suburbs and those with higher density housing had the most protected…”
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Forest seedling community response to understorey filtering by tree ferns by Brock, James M. R., Perry, George L. W., Burkhardt, Tynan, Burns, Bruce R.

“…Questions: Large pteridophytes frequently co-occur with conifers and angiosperms in the understorey of temperate broad-leaved podocarp forests but interactions…”
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Dead frond “skirts” as tree fern defence: what is the evidence? by Brock, James M. R., Burns, Bruce R.

“…Many tree fern taxa have a skirt, an encircling structure of persistent dead fronds or stipes around the growing crown at the top of the trunk. Page and…”
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Feral pigs in a temperate rainforest ecosystem: disturbance and ecological impacts by Krull, Cheryl R., Choquenot, David, Burns, Bruce R., Stanley, Margaret C.

“…Feral pigs ( Sus scrofa ) are a widespread invasive species, and cause biotic disturbance. This study evaluated the impacts associated with ground disturbance…”
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Fencing is not enough to reinstate regeneration: Evidence from a large fruited canopy tree Beilschmiedia tawa by Morales, Narkis S., Perry, George L.W., Burns, Bruce R.

“…•Fragmentation had a negative effect on the survivorship and growth of B. tawa seedlings.•Results suggest that fencing is insufficient to improve B. tawa…”
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Gametophyte niche differences among sympatric tree ferns by Brock, James M R, Burns, Bruce R, Perry, George L W, Lee, William G

“…Forest community assembly is usually framed in terms of sporophyte dynamics; however, the recruitment and maintenance of fern populations, frequently…”
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New Zealand forest dynamics: a review of past and present vegetation responses to disturbance, and development of conceptual forest models by Wyse, Sarah V., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Burns, Bruce R., Perry, George L.W.

“…New Zealand forests have been and are shaped by a suite of disturbance types that vary in both their spatial extent and frequency of recurrence…”
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The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising roots and root nodules of New Zealand kauri Agathis australis by Padamsee, Mahajabeen, Johansen, Renee B., Stuckey, S. Alexander, Williams, Stephen E., Hooker, John E., Burns, Bruce R., Bellgard, Stanley E.

“…As the only endemic member in New Zealand of the ancient conifer family, Araucariaceae, Agathis australis is an ideal species to study putatively long-evolved…”
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Global change explains reduced seeding in a widespread New Zealand tree: indigenous Tūhoe knowledge informs mechanistic analysis by Yukich Clendon, Oscar M. M., Carpenter, Joanna K., Kelly, Dave, Timoti, Puke, Burns, Bruce R., Boswijk, Gretel, Monks, Adrian

“…Introduction Climate change is expected to exacerbate the pressures faced by already fragile ecosystems. Negative impacts on the localized and culturally…”
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Trampling Impacts on Thermotolerant Vegetation of Geothermal Areas in New Zealand by Burns, Bruce R., Ward, Jonet, Downs, Theresa M.

“…Geothermal features such as geysers, mud pools, sinter terraces, fumaroles, hot springs, and steaming ground are natural attractions often visited by tourists…”
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A coastal sand dune in New Zealand reveals high arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity by Johansen, Renee B., Vestberg, Mauritz, Burns, Bruce R., Park, Duckchul, Hooker, John E., Johnston, Peter R.

“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are components of coastal dune ecosystems around the globe where they provide a range of benefits to plants. The diversity…”
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Do host bark traits influence trunk epiphyte communities? by Wyse, Sarah V., Burns, Bruce R.

“…Host bark traits are known to affect the characteristics of epiphyte communities in forests worldwide; however, few investigations of such relationships have…”
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