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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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Water use by irrigated cotton in the Sudan. 4. Water use, potential evaporation and yield.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Rijks, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimates of water used by irrigated cotton crops, obtained by micrometeorological methods, soil water sampling and lysimetry, were related to Penman'...

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Germination effects on pasture composition in a dry monsoonal climate.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Torssell, B. W. R. & McKeon, G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Germination and establishment in annual self-sown swards of (a) Stylosanthes humilis and (b) the associated grass weed Digitaria ciliaris were studied...

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Evaporation rate, leaf water potential and stomatal conductance in Lolium, Trifolium and Lysimachia in drying soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Lawlor, D. W. & Lake, J. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Swards of perennial ryegrass and white clover were grown in controlled-environment cabinets in soil that was allowed to dry. The evaporation rate duri...

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Control of vegetation succession by means of soil fabrics.

Published online: 07 Sep 1972

Authors: Grime, J. P. & Loach, K. & Peckham, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Placement of fabric of appropriate mesh-size on or under the soil surface was examined as a possible means of constraining seedling growth and root pe...

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How big animals and trees shaped our world and how we can restore them.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Schweiger, A. & Svenning, J. C.

Content type: Blog

This paper proposes an integrative restoration framework applicable across the whole range of human land use intensity including assisted recolonizati...

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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 effect of shelter on the yield of grasses in southern Scotland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Russell, G. & Grace, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The growth of Festuca arundinacea and Lolium perenne at a moderately exposed site in SE Scotland was compared with that in a sheltered enclosure in 19...

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The effect of open drainage ditches on the plant and invertebrate communities of moorland and on the decomposition of peat.

Published online: 10 Nov 1990

Authors: Coulson, J. C. & Butterfield, J. E. L. & Henderson, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model of the function of open drainage ditches (grips) on peat moorland in northern England is described. The model makes the following predictions:...

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