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A cultural ecosystem service perspective on the interactions between humans and soils in gardens.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Teuber, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Gardens are culturally shaped environments in which natural processes can be experienced. Thus, they offer insights into the relation people have with...

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Reclaiming contaminated land through biodiversity [in Chinese].

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Cadotte, M.

Content type: Blog

This paper focuses on the importance of the sowing of a high diversity of plant assemblages and improving various biological, chemical and physical so...

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Ecological studies of the Sudan. III. The effect of simulated rainfall distribution at different isohyets on the regeneration of Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. on clay and sandy soils.

Published online: 24 Feb 1970

Authors: Obeid, M. & Seif el Din, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes an experiment in which simulated June rainfalls of 200-500 mm. were applied on sandy soils, and of 300-600 mm. on clay soils. Results showed...

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

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Turner, N. C. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

[Cf. FA 34, 3826; 35, 7073] The fourth part of a study concerned entirely with photosynthesis in P. sitchensis. The CO2 and water-vapour exchanges of ...

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Studies in the water relations of Pinus sylvestris in plantation conditions. III. A comparison of soil water changes and estimates of total evaporation on four afforested sites and one grass-covered site.

Published online: 26 Feb 1965

Authors: Rutter, A. J. & Fourt, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

cf. F.A. 26 No. 1678.] Gypsum electrical-resistance blocks were used to follow changes in soil moisture on four forested sites and one grass-covered s...

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The effect of Lupinus arboreus on the nitrogen status of china clay wastes.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Palaniappan, V. M. & Marrs, R. H. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lupinus arboreus rapidly colonizes micaceous china clay wastes, which are deficient in N, P, Ca and K. N accumulated at rates of about 180 Kg ha-1y-1 ...

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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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Effects of physical disturbance on arctic vegetation in the Queen Elizabeth Islands.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Babb, T. A. & Bliss, L. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil disturbance (vehicle tracks, carcass sites, etc.) did not generally cause serious erosion and thermokarst arising from increased soil heat flux. ...

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The influence of soil water content on the uptake of ions by roots. II. Chloride uptake and concentration gradients in soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

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

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At higher soil water contents, chloride uptake by onion roots was greater, and the zones of depletion extended further. Models of ion transport were d...

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Strontium 90 in maize field, cattail marsh and Oakwood ecosystems.

Published online: 08 Jan 1964

Authors: Ovington, J. D. & Lawrence, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Samples taken at Cedar Creek, Minnesota, showed that the above-ground parts of cattail [Typha angustifolia] and maize ecosystems contained much the sa...

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