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Small weighable lysimeters for grazed pastures.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Lynch, J. J. & Green, G. C. & Mottershead, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The type of lysimeter described consisted of a galvanized steel vessel 47 cm diameter and 60 cm deep containing a soil monolith and resting in a hole ...

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The value of pulverized refuse fines (PRF) as a substitute for topsoil in land reclamation. II. Lysimeter studies.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Chu, L. M. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The pattern of growth and leaching losses from UK wasteland materials (colliery spoil and brick waste) fertilized, topsoiled, or covered with pulveriz...

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Effects of pentachlorophenol on soil organisms and decomposition in forest soil.

Published online: 27 Aug 1997

Authors: Salminen, J. & Haimi, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To find a more reliable basis for ecotoxicological risk assessment, two microcosm experiments, one in the laboratory and another in the field (lysimet...

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Importance of soil solution chemistry to field performance of Galium odoratum and Stellaria nemorum.

Published online: 30 Mar 1995

Authors: Falkengren-Grerup, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Six Swedish beech forest sites, representing the range of pH for soils which support Galium odoratum and Stellaria nemorum, were sampled during 1 year...

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Evaporation from a Themeda grassland. 2. Resistance model of plant evaporation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Dunin, F. X. & Aston, A. R. & Reyenga, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model, incorporating resistances to water vapour transport, was developed to account for controls on grassland evaporation in S. Tablelands region o...

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Evaporation from a Themeda grassland. 1. Controls imposed on the process in a sub-humid environment.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Dunin, F. X. & Reyenga, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evaporation from a weighing lysimeter containing grassland containing 50% T. australis was measured for 3 yr in a sub-humid region of New South Wales,...

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Acidifying peat as an aid to the reconstruction of lowland heath on arable soil: lysimeter experiments.

Published online: 24 Feb 1999

Authors: Davy, A. J. & Dunsford, S. J. & Free, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil acidification is prerequisite for the reconstruction of lowland heath communities dominated by Calluna vulgaris on land that has been cultivated ...

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Soil biota enhance agricultural sustainability by improving crop yield, nutrient uptake and reducing nitrogen leaching losses.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Bender, S. F. & Heijden, M. G. A. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Efficient resource use is a key factor for sustainable production and a necessity for meeting future global food demands. However, the factors that co...

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Ecosystem development on reclaimed china clay wastes. III. Leaching of nutrients.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Marrs, R. H. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Losses of nutrients from young grass/clover swards in an establishing phase and older swards in a maintenance phase on china clay wastes were examined...

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Field measurement of transpiration in Douglas-fir.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Kline, J. R. & Reed, K. L. & Waring, R. H. & Stewart, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Transpiration rates of Douglas-fir trees (Pseudotsuga menziesii) were measured in the field, using tritiated water (HTO) as a tracer for water. Sites ...

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