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A technique for determining resistance to mass transfer through the boundary layers of plants with complex structure.

Published online: 21 Dec 1971

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & Ludlow, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shoots of Calluna vulgaris were covered in a thin layer of gypsum which held sufficient water to give good estimates of evaporation rate and surface t...

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Biological introduction risks from shipping in a warming Arctic.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Ware, C. & Berge, J. & Jelmert, A. & Olsen, S. M. & Pellissier, L. & Wisz, M. & Kriticos, D. & Semenov, G. & Kwaśniewski, S. & Alsos, I. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several decades of research on invasive marine species have yielded a broad understanding of the nature of species invasion mechanisms and associated ...

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A method of measuring the aerodynamic resistance to the transport of water vapour from forest canopies.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Robins, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a method of calculating the aerodynamic resistance from the ratio of the humidity gradient to the evaporation rate of a forest canopy. The h...

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Stomatal conductance and photosynthesis in a mature Scots pine forest. II. Dependence on environmental variables of single shoots.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Beadle, C. L. & Jarvis, P. G. & Talbot, H. & Neilson, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In measurements made on a 45-yr-old stand at Thetford Forest, East Anglia, UK, from Mar. to Oct. 1976, the relative importance of atmospheric water va...

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A technique for determining resistance to mass transfer through the boundary layers of plants with complex structure.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & Ludlow, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shoots of Calluna vulgaris were covered in a thin layer of gypsum which held sufficient water to give good estimates of evaporation rate and surface t...

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Changing weather conditions and floating plants in temperate drainage ditches.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Peeters, E. T. H. M. & Zuidam, J. P. van & Zuidam, B. G. van & Nes, E. H. van & Kosten, S. & Heuts, P. G. M. & Roijackers, R. M. M. & Netten, J. J. C. & Scheffer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dominance of free-floating plants such as duckweed is undesirable as it indicates eutrophication. The objectives of this study are to investigate whet...

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A model of the grazing of hill vegetation by sheep in the UK. I. The prediction of vegetation biomass.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Armstrong, H. M. & Gordon, I. J. & Grant, S. A. & Hutchings, N. J. & Milne, J. A. & Sibbald, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model is described which predicts monthly growth, senescence, litterfall and standing biomass of ungrazed herbage in seven dwarf shrub-domi...

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Effects of stream restoration on ecosystem functioning: detritus retentiveness and decomposition.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Lepori, F. & Palm, D. & Malmqvist, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing degradation of ecological conditions in streams because of human activities has prompted widespread restoration attempts; however, the ecol...

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Changes in soil properties and vegetation following disturbance of Alaskan arctic tundra.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Chapin, F. S., III & Shaver, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil characteristics and vegetation were studied in vehicle tracks and adjacent undisturbed tundra along local moisture gradients at four sites in nor...

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The ecology of the Wash. 2. Seasonal variation in the feeding conditions of wading birds (Charadrii).

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Goss-Custard, J. D. & Jenyon, R. A. & Jones, R. E. & Newbery, P. E. & Williams, R. Le B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

2. Studies of feeding routine during daylight showed that in winter waders generally spent least time in the roosts at high water and fed for the grea...

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