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Colonization of industrial reclamation sites by Acari, Collembola and other invertebrates.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Hutson, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The soil fauna colonizing four reclaimed coal pit heap sites at different stages of reclamation in Northumberland, England, were sampled monthly for 2...

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Persistence in earthworms and potential hazards to birds of soil applied DDT, dieldrin and heptachlor.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Beyer, W. N. & Gish, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

DDT, dieldrin and heptachlor were applied to separate plots in a hay field at 0.6, 2.2 or 9.0 kg/ha. For 11 yr thereafter, soil and earthworms were an...

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Acidity fluctuations at a broadland site in Norfolk.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Gosling, L. M. & Baker, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In November 1970 the acidity of Calthorpe broad in Norfolk, and some adjacent ditches, changed abruptly from near-neutrality to just above pH 3. Most ...

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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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Comparison of moose browsing on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and lodgepole pine (P. contorta).

Published online: 11 Apr 1989

Authors: Niemelä, P. & Danell, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trees of two Scots pine phenotypes (poor and fertile soils) and lodgepole pine (intermediate) were exposed side by side in a field study. Biomass cons...

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Studies on the changing role of weeds of the genus Polygonum in the diet of the partridge Perdix perdix L.

Published online: 07 Sep 1972

Authors: Potts, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seeds of Polygonum spp., especially P. convolvulus, were the main weed seeds eaten by partridges in October 1968 and formed 44% of the total dry weigh...

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Some effects of weed control on the numbers of the small cabbage white (Pieris rapae L.) on brusseb sprouts.

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Dempster, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's summary. During investigations in Britain in 1968 on the effect of weed control on the incidence of Pie...

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Effects of land use at a landscape scale on bumblebee nest density and survival.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Goulson, D. & Lepais, O. & O'Connor, S. & Osborne, J. L. & Sanderson, R. A. & Cussans, J. & Goffe, L. & Darvill, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We have little idea how landscape-scale factors influence the success of wild bumblebee nests over time. Here for the first time we use molecular mark...

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Feeding of slugs (Deroceras sp. and Lehmannia nyctelia) on subtropical pasture species, particularly Kenya white clover (Trifolium semipilosum) cv. Safari.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Yamashita, Y. & Jones, R. M. & Nicholson, C. H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field measurements showed that Deroceras sp., a slug, could at times be a serious pest in pastures of T. semipilosum cv. Safari in SE Queensland. At p...

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The effects of the Lime aphid, Eucallipterus tiliae L. (Aphididae) on the growth of the Lime Tilia X vulgaris Hayne. I. Energy requirements of the aphid population.

Published online: 08 Nov 1971

Authors: Llewellyn, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study of the effects of E. tiliae populations on the growth of two mature Lime trees in Glasgow in 1967 and 1968. The populations turned over the en...

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