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Input and output of minerals for an area of Pennine moorland: The importance of precipitation, drainage, peat erosion and animals.

Published online: 28 Aug 1967

Authors: Crisp, D. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An outline balance sheet for water, Na, K, Ca, P and N was constructed for a stream catchment of 83 ha. The catchment surface comprised 11-20% eroding...

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Differing priorities explain why some people profit from an alien invader, while others lose out.

Published online: 27 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Linders, T. E. W. & Schaffner, U. & Alamirew, T. & Allan, E. & Choge, S. K. & Eschen, R. & Shiferaw, H. & Manning, P.

Content type: Blog

This paper describes the impact of the invasive tree, Prosopis juliflora, on the supply of ecosystem services. Prosopis significantly increased the su...

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The effects of fragmentation on fluctuating asymmetry in passerine birds of Brazilian tropical forests.

Published online: 29 Oct 2001

Authors: Anciães, M. & Marini, M. Â.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) refers to the difference between the right and left sides in characters that should otherwise be bilaterally symmetrical, b...

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Housing and labor productivity of female tea pluckers in Sri Lanka.

Published online: 30 Nov 2016

Authors: Kalyanaratne, A.

Content type: Bulletin

This study analyzes the link between labor productivity of tea-plantation workers in Sri Lanka and their living conditions. The results indicate a sig...

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The physiology of grass production under grazing. I. Characteristics of leaf and canopy photosynthesis of continuously-grazed swards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Parsons, A. J. & Leafe, E. L. & Collett, B. & Stiles, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Perennial ryegrass swards were continuously grazed by sheep. One sward was grazed to maintain an LAI (lamina) close to 1.0 ('hard' grazed) and a 2nd s...

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Biophysics of a natural grassland: evaporation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Ripley, E. A. & Saugier, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Microclimatic measurements and flux determinations were made on natural grassland at the Matador project site in Saskatchewan, dominated by Agropyron ...

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A model of production and turnover of roots in shortgrass prairie.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Parton, W. J. & Singh, J. S. & Coleman, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A mathematical model was constructed to simulate various above-ground and below-ground compartments of the producer subsystem for a shortgrass prairie...

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The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems.

Published online: 29 Apr 2022

Authors: Mappin, B. & Ward, A. & Hughes, L. & Watson, J. E. M. & Cosier, P. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rise in global commitments to restore habitat underlines its importance to halt biodiversity loss and abate climate change. To effectively plan fo...

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Carbon dioxide evolution from two temperate, deciduous woodland soils.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Anderson, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a study in Bleans Woods National Nature Reserve, north-east Kent, to investigate the effects of seasonal and temporal variations in soil tem...

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Responses of grassland invertebrates to management by cutting. I. Species diversity of Hemiptera.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Morris, M. G. & Lakhani, K. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of cutting calcareous grassland on its invertebrate fauna were examined in an Arrhenatherum-dominated grass plot in eastern England. Four ...

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