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Alkaline fen & transition mire survey of the North York Moors National Park & Bishop Monkton Ings.

Published online: 07 Apr 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Eades, P. & Tratt, R. & Shaw, S.

Content type: Reports

This paper presents a survey of sites thought to support the EC Habitats Directive Annex 1 habitats 'Alkaline Fen' and to a lesser extent 'Transition ...

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Comparison of manual filtration methods for on-site eDNA sample processing.

Published online: 19 Oct 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Andreou, D. & Parker, B. & Harrison, A.

Content type: Reports

In this report, a systematic literature search was combined with a grey literature search to identify the most promising manual filtration methods for...

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Comparison of the effect of time and preservative on the quality of DNA from pitfall traps.

Published online: 28 Dec 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to generate evidence to inform best practise guidance for Natural England staff wishing to use DNA metabarcoding to identi...

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Shell Flat and Lune Deep Special Area of Conservation (SAC) monitoring report 2017.

Published online: 18 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bolam, S. & Hoytema, N. van & Kirby, D.

Content type: Reports

This report primarily explores data acquired from a dedicated monitoring survey of the Shell Flat and Lune Deep SAC in 2017, intended to serve as firs...

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An improved method for measuring soil respiration in the field.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Parkinson, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil respiration is commonly determined by measuring the rate of increase in the CO2 concentration within a chamber placed on the soil surface, with a...

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Sue Byrne.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, Natural Resources Wales

Content type: Conference slides

This presentation outlines the objectives, methodologies, and innovative techniques employed in freshwater and marine environmental monitoring. The pr...

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Structural dynamics of silver birch I. The fates of buds.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Maillette, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The structural dynamics of the growth of Betula pendula were examined using demographic techniques in which elements of the crown (buds, leaves, shoot...

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A method of estimating income of nutrients in a catch of airborne particles by a woodland canopy.

Published online: 24 Feb 1970

Authors: White, E. J. & Turner, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a method for estimating the income of K, Mg, Ca, P and Na to a woodland ecosystem in the airborne particles caught by the tree canopy, and g...

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Log-normality of biodiversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators on blueberry heaths.

Published online: 05 Jun 1998

Authors: Kevan, P. G. & Greco, C. F. & Belaoussoff, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data were collected from sampling pollinating bees [Apoidea] over 8 years in 13 blueberry fields in New Brunswick, Canada, and used to test the log-no...

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Earthworm population dynamics and contribution to nutrient cycling during cropping and fallow phases of shifting agriculture (jhum) in north-east India.

Published online: 12 Jan 1990

Authors: Tuneera Bhadauria & Ramakrishnan, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sampling of earthworm populations during 5- and 15-yr-old cropping phases and in 5-, 10- and 15-yr-old fallow phases of shifting agriculture at Shillo...

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