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Climatic variation in forage grasses. I. Leaf development in climatic races of Lolium and Dactylis.

Published online: 03 Dec 1965

Authors: Cooper, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of leaf expansion, under various light and temperature régimes, were studied in races of L. perenne and D. glomerata representing the climati...

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Climatic variation in forage grasses. 1. Leaf development in climatic races of Lolium and Dactylis.

Published online: 18 Jan 1965

Authors: Cooper, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Leaf expansion was investigated in 10 ecotypes of Lolium perenne and 7 of Dactylis glomerata. Seasonal sowings revealed a regular cline in relative ra...

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The independent assessment of frost hardiness of excised laminae, excised roots and trimmed tillers of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea).

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Pearce, R. S. & McDonald, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trimmed tillers, excised roots and excised laminae of tall fescue were subjected to various temp. down to -12 deg C for various exposure times and at ...

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Photosynthesis in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.). II. Response to temperature.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Neilson, R. E. & Ludlow, M. M. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

[Cf. FA 33, 3807]. The response of net photosynthesis (F), and stomatal resistance (rs) and mesophyll resistance (rm) to CO2 flux, to a stepwise seque...

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Frost hardiness vs. growth performance in trembling aspen: an experimental test of assisted migration.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Schreiber, S. G. & Ding Chen & Hamann, A. & Hacke, U. G. & Thomas, B. R. & Brouard, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

According to the range limit hypothesis, the distribution of many temperate species is restricted by a trade-off between their capacity to survive win...

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Frost avoidance and frost resistance in Centrosema virginianum.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Clements, R. J. & Ludlow, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accessions of C. virginianum were tested for response to frosting in the field and in controlled environments. Accessions differed in their ability to...

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Studies in Festuca. X. Observations on germination and seedling cold tolerance in diploid Festuca pratensis and tetraploid F. pratensis var. apennina in relation to their altitudinal distribution.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Tyler, B. & Borrill, M. & Chorlton, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations were collected from twelve sites in Switzerland and Italy. Tetraploids occurred in grassland at high altitudes but in woodlands down to 11...

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Vernalization and photoperiod requirement of naturalized Avena fatua and Avena barbata Pott ex Link in Western Australia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Paterson, J. G. & Boyd, W. J. R. & Goodchild, N. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A. fatua and A. barbata plants were collected from a wide geographic range in Western Australia and tested for their temp. and daylength responses. Al...

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A comparison of British and North African varieties of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). II. Growth during winter and survival at low temperatures.

Published online: 04 Dec 1968

Authors: Robson, M. J. & Jewiss, O. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During the winter 1963-64 the North African synthetic variety, SynII, showed a greater relative growth rate than the British S170. Of two north temper...

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Egg cold hardiness and topoclimatic limitations to outbreaks of Epirrita autumnata in northern Fennoscandia.

Published online: 21 Sep 1990

Authors: Tenow, O. & Nilssen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forests of mountain birch (Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa [B. tortuosa]) in the lower parts of the Abisko valley, northern Sweden, and in the Finnma...

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