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Germination characteristics of shingle beach species, effects of seed ageing and their implications for vegetation restoration.

Published online: 18 Jun 1997

Authors: Walmsley, C. A. & Davy, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of coastal-shingle vegetation at Sizewell, Suffolk, UK, after construction of a power station, was underpinned by an investigation into th...

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Seed germination after short-duration light exposure: implications for the photo-control of weeds.

Published online: 09 Apr 1997

Authors: Milberg, P. & Andersson, L. & Noronha, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A soil disturbance treatment often results in more annual weed seedlings emerging when conducted in light than when conducted in darkness, suggesting ...

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Seed dormancy and factors controlling dormancy breakdown in buffel grass accessions from contrasting provenances.

Published online: 31 Mar 1990

Authors: Hacker, J. B. & Ratcliff, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed dormancy and factors affecting dormancy breakdown were studied in 15 accessions of Cenchrus ciliaris of near-equatorial origin and 6 of near-trop...

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Soil development on colliery waste tips in relation to age. I. Introduction and physical factors. II. Chemical factors.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Down, C. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Chronological changes in the physical composition of colliery waste were studied on nine tips of ages 0-178 years, in the Somerset Coalfield.Surface i...

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Neighbour effects in the genus Avena. 3. A diallel approach.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Trenbath, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Results are reported from a mechanical diallel experiment with Avena fatua, A. ludoviciana, A. strigosa and oats cv. Blenda. Relative yield totals bas...

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Systematic spatial variation of stomatal conductance in a Sitka spruce plantation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Leverenz, J. & Deans, J. D. & Ford, E. D. & Jarvis, P. G. & Milne, R. & Whitehead, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Null balance diffusion porometers were used to estimate the variation of stomatal conductance (gs) in a Sitka spruce plantation. Samples were stratifi...

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Variable shifts in bird and bat assemblages as a result of reduced-impact logging revealed after 10 years.

Published online: 27 Apr 2024

Authors: Harris, A. E. & Maharaj, G. & Hallett, M. & Thomas, R. & Roopsind, A. & O'Shea, B. J. & Bicknell, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Selective logging is the most widespread driver of land-use change in biodiverse and carbon-rich tropical forests. However, the effects of selective l...

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Does the reduction of seed dormancy during ex situ cultivation affect the germination and establishment of plants reintroduced into the wild?

Published online: 24 Aug 2023

Authors: Ensslin, A. & Sandner, T. M. & Godefroid, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plants or seeds produced in botanic gardens or nurseries have become an important source of plant material for reintroductions or population reinforce...

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Ecological correlates of vulnerability to fragmentation in Neotropical bats.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Meyer, C. F. J. & Fründ, J. & Lizano, W. P. & Kalko, E. K. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the face of widespread human-induced habitat fragmentation, identification of those ecological characteristics that render some species more vulner...

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The value of primary, secondary and plantation forests for fruit-feeding butterflies in the Brazilian Amazon.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Barlow, J. & Overal, W. L. & Araujo, I. S. & Gardner, T. A. & Peres, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Secondary forests growing on cleared lands and tree plantations are becoming increasingly widespread land-uses in the tropics. Previous studies are di...

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