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Cut-flower sustainable management plan 2018-22: protected and threatened plants in the cut-flower industry.

Published online: 10 Oct 2018

Published by: Australia, Office of Environment and Heritage

Content type: Miscellaneous

This management plan provides information about the regulatory framework for the sustainable harvesting and cultivation of protected plants used in th...

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Road verges support pollinators in agricultural landscapes, but are diminished by heavy traffic and summer cutting.

Published online: 24 Aug 2020

Authors: Phillips, B. B. & Gaston, K. J. & Bullock, J. M. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Supporting pollinators in agricultural landscapes is important for reversing their global decline. Road verges and hedges are used by pollinators for ...

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Seasonal pattern of leaf growth and senescence of Nardus stricta and responses of tussocks to differing severity, timing and frequency of defoliation.

Published online: 25 Jan 1997

Authors: Grant, S. A. & Torvell, L. & Sim, E. M. & Small, J. L. & Elston, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A field study of the seasonal growth of Nardus stricta showed that leaf turnover was slow, averaging 2.5 leaves per tiller over the growing season. Pe...

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The changing plant and tiller populations of timothy and meadow fescue swards. 1. Plant survival and the pattern of tillering.

Published online: 18 Jan 1965

Authors: Langer, R. H. M. & Ryle, S. M. & Jewiss, O. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pure swards of S48 timothy and S215 meadow fescue, grown from seed in large concrete containers out of doors, were cut (a) every 4 weeks during summer...

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The effects on butterfly abundance of the management of uncropped edges of arable fields.

Published online: 12 Mar 1997

Authors: Feber, R. E. & Smith, H. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance and species richness of butterflies [Rhopalocera] on expanded-width uncropped arable field edges, which were subject to 10 contrasting, ...

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Influence of mechanical cutting and pathogen application on the performance and nutrient storage of Cirsium arvense.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: Kluth, S. & Kruess, A. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In order to develop an effective biological control technique, the influence of mechanical and pathogen treatments on performance and nutrient storage...

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The relative importance of green infrastructure as refuge habitat for pollinators increases with local land-use intensity.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Li PengYao & Kleijn, D. & Badenhausser, I. & Zaragoza-Trello, C. & Gross, N. & Raemakers, I. & Scheper, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural expansion and intensification have resulted in strong declines in farmland biodiversity across Europe. In many intensively farmed landsca...

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The effects of mowing on the meadow cranesbill Geranium pratense L., and on the weevil Zacladus geranii (Payk.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Davis, B. N. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The flowering and seed production of G. pratense on a roadside verge in Huntingdonshire was examined in relation to 5 mowing regimes. Mowing in May or...

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Commercial picking of Banksia hookeriana in the wild reduces subsequent shoot, flower and seed production.

Published online: 22 Feb 1995

Authors: Witkowski, E. T. F. & Lamont, B. B. & Obbens, F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The impact of bloom picking on subsequent flower and cone production, seed bank dynamics and plant architecture was studied in 3 picked and 3 unpicked...

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Flowering behaviour of populations of Dactylis glomerata under field conditions in Britain.

Published online: 03 Dec 1965

Authors: Calder, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Twenty-one agronomic varieties and local populations of D. glomerata ssp. euglomerata and two of ssp. lusitanica from a wide range of habitats were st...

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