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The distribution of slugs in a potato crop.

Published online: 15 Jul 1968

Authors: Stephenson, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A method of detecting slugs below ground, using recoverable potato baits in a medium heavy silt soil, is described. Arion hortensis and Milax buda-pes...

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Moisture controls on Sphagnum growth and CO2 exchange on a cutover bog.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: McNeil, P. & Waddington, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abandoned cutover peatlands are persistent sources of atmospheric CO2. Net ecosystem CO2 exchange and Sphagnum net primary production of an abandoned ...

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Pattern of distribution of Townsville stylo, annual grasses and perennial grasses in relation to soil variation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: McCown, R. L. & Murtha, G. G. & Field, J. B. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The patterns of variation of soil conditions and vegetation were mapped on a mosiac area (4 ha) of solodized-solonetz and solodic soils at Lansdown, Q...

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The microclimate of sand dune tracks: the relative contribution of vegetation removal and soil compression.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Liddle, M. J. & Moore, K. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In both wet and dry areas, diurnal soil and air temperature ranges under high incident radiation were increased by track formation, due to the effects...

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The influence of soil water content on the uptake of ions by roots. III. Phosphate, potassium, calcium and magnesium uptake and concentration gradients in soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Dunham, R. J. & Nye, P. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concentration gradients of phosphate, K, Ca and Mg were measured near a plane of onion seedling roots at a range of soil water contents, in a special ...

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Evaluation in contrasting climates of dormancy characteristics of seed of Digitaria milanjiana.

Published online: 09 Apr 1985

Authors: Hacker, J. B. & Andrew, M. H. & McIvor, J. G. & Mott, J. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed of 4 ecotypes of Digitaria milanjiana with different dormancy characteristics related to climatic origin were exposed at the soil surface during ...

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Restoration of wet features for breeding waders on lowland grassland.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Eglington, S. M. & Gill, J. A. & Bolton, M. & Smart, M. A. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the last century, the loss of around half of the world's wetlands, principally through drainage and conversion to agriculture, has been one of th...

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Population dynamics and larval establishment of Sitona discoideus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand lucerne.

Published online: 08 Jun 1988

Authors: Goldson, S. L. & Frampton, E. R. & Proffitt, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population data on Sitona discoideus collected from young lucerne in Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1982-86 were analysed using life tables. Manipulated ...

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A comparative study of nitrogen flows in two similar meadows affected by different groundwater levels.

Published online: 30 Mar 1995

Authors: Berendse, F. & Oomes, M. J. M. & Altena, H. J. & Visser, W. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A comparative study was carried out on nitrogen flows in two meadow ecosystems that were similar at the beginning of the experiment. In the wet meadow...

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The importance of wetland margin microhabitat mosaics; the case of shorebirds and thermoregulation.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Ryeland, J. & Weston, M. A. & Symonds, M. R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wetlands, and the species that rely upon them, are under significant threat world-wide, with wetlands often being completely removed or drastically al...

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