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Using stochastic dynamic programming to determine optimal fire management for Banksia ornata.

Published online: 10 Oct 2001

Authors: McCarthy, M. A. & Possingham, H. P. & Gill, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model of the population dynamics of Banksia ornata was developed, using stochastic dynamic programming (a state-dependent decision-making tool), to ...

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Patterns of shoot and root growth in rice seedlings germinating under water.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Kordan, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rice cv. Calrose was germinated under water with or without an oil overlay to impede gas exchange. The shoot was the first and most prominent structur...

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Observations on the time of flowering of mayweeds.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Roberts, H. A. & Feast, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seedlings of Matricaria matricarioides, M. recutita and Tripleurospermum maritimum ssp. inodorum which emerged in the field from January to June took ...

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Biology of Poa annua in a temperate zone golf putting green (Agrostis stolonifera/Poa annua). II. The seed bank.

Published online: 15 Aug 1989

Authors: Lush, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seed bank of a golf green was monitored for 2 years by identifying germinants in core samples. The seed populations contained 24 species of which ...

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Rice seedlings germinated in water with normal and impeded environmental gas exchange.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Kordan, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rice cv. Hokkaido-Carny was germinated in distilled water with or without impedance of surface O2 exchange by a 0.3-, 1.0- or 10-mm film of olive oil ...

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Effects of shoot mortality on the early development of Afzelia quanzensis seedlings.

Published online: 22 Jun 1994

Authors: Chidumayo, E. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are presented and discussed on seed germination, seedling emergence, seedling mortality, leaf production and shoot growth for the economically va...

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Periodicity of seedling emergence and achene survival in some species of Carduus, Cirsium and Onopordum.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Roberts, H. A. & Chancellor, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Achenes of 7 species of Carduus, Cirsium and Onopordum were collected in August-September and mixed with the top 2.5 or 7.5 cm of soil which was then ...

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Nonlinear response of the soil seed bank and its role in plant community regeneration with increased grazing disturbance.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: An, H. & Baskin, C. C. & Ma MiaoJun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The soil seed bank represents valuable rebuilding capital that may rescue an ecosystem from state transition once vegetation has crossed an apparent t...

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A note on establishment of Widdringtonia cedarbergensis (Clanwilliam cedar)

Published online: 12 Jan 1990

Authors: Manders, P. T. & Botha, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study in April 1986 of sowing method (broadcast or buried), sowing density (8, 4, 0.8 seeds/m2) and granivory (using rodent exclosures) in an area o...

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Development of Sphagnum fallax diaspores on bare peat with implications for the restoration of cut-over bogs.

Published online: 13 May 1999

Authors: Buttler, A. & Grosvernier, P. & Matthey, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The growth of Sphagnum fallax was studied in a greenhouse experiment. Capitulum diaspores of S. fallax were cultivated on 5 different types of bare pe...

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