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Plant trait-based approaches to improve nitrogen cycling in agroecosystems.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Abalos, D. & Groenigen, J. W. van & Philippot, L. & Lubbers, I. M. & Deyn, G. B. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive agriculture is dominated by monocultures of high-yielding plants that receive large applications of nitrogen (N) fertilizers to boost plant ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1274 - Survey of the Tayside Area Beaver Population 2020-2021.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Campbell-Palmer, R. & Puttock, A. & Needham, R. N. & Wilson, K. & Graham, H. & Brazier, R. E.

Content type: Reports

This study provides details of the latest survey on Beaver population carried out from late 2020 to early 2021 in areas that encompassed all the river...

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NatureScot Research Report 1273 - Development of Marine Bird Sensitivity Assessments of FeAST.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Rogerson, K. & Sinclair, R. & Tyler, G. & St John Glew, K. & Seeney, A. & Coppack, T. & Jervis, L.

Content type: Reports

This publication reports on the results of the NatureScot project that made a sensitivity assessment for 36 marine bird species across 36 discrete hum...

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NatureScot Research Report 1282 - Ardvar Woodlands SSSI/ SAC Herbivore Impact Assessment 2021.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Heaton, S. A.

Content type: Reports

This report details the methodology, results analysis and conclusions of a herbivore impact assessment (HIA) carried out on the seedlings and saplings...

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The pollinating efficiency of honeybee and bumblebee visits to field bean flowers (Vicia faba L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Kendall, D. A. & Smith, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insect visits and hand-tripping significantly increased the number of pods over that from unvisited flowers. The results indicated that if sufficient ...

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An automatic system for measuring shoot length in Sitka spruce and other plant species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Milne, R. & Smith, S. K. & Ford, E. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The device, which does not require attachment to the shoot apex, includes a light transmitter/receiver system that can be continually repositioned ove...

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Integrating socio-economics and ecology: a taxonomy of quantitative methods and a review of their use in agro-ecology.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Cooke, I. R. & Queenborough, S. A. & Mattison, E. H. A. & Bailey, A. P. & Sandars, D. L. & Graves, A. R. & Morris, J. & Atkinson, P. W. & Trawick, P. & Freckleton, R. P. & Watkinson, A. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Answering many of the critical questions in conservation, development and environmental management requires integrating the social and natural science...

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Establishment of Ammophila arenaria (marram grass) from culms, seeds and rhizomes.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Putten, W. H. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials on the coastal foredune ridge of Voorne Island, Netherlands in 1984, A. arenaria was sown with a mixture of nurse crops (Secale cereal...

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Discovering how the public interact with, respond to, and talk about British woodlands.

Published online: 26 Sep 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Austen, G. E. & Dallimer Martin & Irvine, K. N. & Maund, P. R. & Fish, R. D. & Davies, Z. G.

Content type: Blog

The aim of this study is to find out if there were particular ways the public think and speak about biodiversity. This might be in response to how a s...

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From taxonomic to functional dark diversity: exploring the causes of potential biodiversity and its implications for conservation.

Published online: 20 Apr 2022

Authors: Morel, L. & Jung, V. & Chollet, S. & Ysnel, F. & Barbe, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The conservation of natural habitats requires an accurate assessment of both their degradation and their potential for restoration. Among the tools av...

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