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Diurnal Lepidoptera: sensitive indicators of cultivated and abandoned grassland.

Published online: 04 Jun 1986

Authors: Erhardt, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies were made in the Tavetsch Valley in the subalpine region of central Switzerland, of the day-active Lepidoptera faunas in different types of cu...

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Seagrass in the Stour, Orwell and Blackwater 2020/21.

Published online: 26 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This report presents the results of a comprehensive survey conducted in summer 2021 to assess the status of Zostera eelgrass populations in the Stour,...

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A method of estimating the total length of root in a sample.

Published online: 02 Jan 1967

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In this technique the roots are laid out on a flat surface and a count is made of the number of intersections between the roots and random straight li...

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The development of vegetative zonation patterns in restored prairie pothole wetlands.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Seabloom, E. W. & Valk, A. G. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial structure of plant communities can have strong impacts on ecosystem functions and on associated animal communities. None the less, spatial...

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Vehicle tracks on high Arctic tundra: their effects on the soil, vegetation, and soil arthropods.

Published online: 04 Nov 1995

Authors: Kevan, P. G. & Forbes, B. C. & Kevan, S. M. & Behan-Pelletier, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Examination of the effects of vehicle and pedestrian tracks of known age (13 or more years) and intensity of use (single to multiple passages) on vege...

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Resistance to water flow in soil and plant. 2. A review of experimental evidence on the rhizosphere resistance.

Published online: 12 Jan 1970

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Results of some experiments on a range of species, including maize, birdsfoot trefoil, perennial ryegrass, meadow foxtail and intermediate wheatgrass,...

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A method of estimating the total length of root in a sample.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In this technique the roots are laid out on a flat surface and a count is made of the number of intersections between the roots and random straight li...

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Macroinvertebrate distributions and the conservation value of aquatic Coleoptera, Mollusca and Odonata in the ditches of traditionally managed and grazing fen at Wicken Fen, UK.

Published online: 28 May 1999

Authors: Painter, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water-filled ditches are an important ecological feature of lowland Britain. Originally dug to facilitate wetland drainage, ditches often provide refu...

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Quantifying landscape-level land-use intensity patterns through radar-based remote sensing.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Howison, R. A. & Piersma, T. & Kentie, R. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Olff, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The increasing availability of high resolution and high frequency, radar-based remote sensing data (i.e. observations on land surface characteristics,...

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Changes in breeding success and abundance of ground-nesting moorland birds in relation to the experimental deployment of legal predator control.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Fletcher, K. & Aebischer, N. J. & Baines, D. & Foster, R. & Hoodless, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An 8-year-field experiment on moorland in northern England manipulated the abundance of legally controllable predators whilst maintaining consistent h...

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