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Land reclamation and river pollution problems in the Croal Valley caused by waste from chromate manufacture.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Breeze, V. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Waste from chromate manufacture was toxic to plants, and in mixture with 7 parts of soil to 1 of waste would not support perennial ryegrass or Agrosti...

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Seed banks and their role during drawdown of a North American marsh.

Published online: 04 Jul 1984

Authors: Smith, L. M. & Kadlec, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field and greenhouse studies showed that maintenance of a few centimeters water depth, compared with complete drawdown from a falling water table, wil...

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Restoration of a declining foundation plant species: testing the roles of competitor suppression, fire reintroduction and herbivore exclusion.

Published online: 21 Sep 2022

Authors: Bell, K. & Doherty, T. S. & Wevill, T. & Driscoll, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Maintaining ecosystem processes within patches of remnant vegetation is critical to minimising biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes. Foundatio...

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Soil impedance as a factor reducing crop seedling emergence, and its relation to soil conditions at sowing, and to applied water.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Hegarty, T. W. & Royle, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seeds of calabrese, carrot, onion and sugar beet were sown in the field on successive occasions. Soil integral impedance (work done in penetrating the...

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Developing extruded seed pellets to overcome soil hydrophobicity and seedling emergence barriers.

Published online: 24 Oct 2020

Authors: Ritchie, A. L. & Stevens, J. C. & Erickson, T. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Globally, soil water repellency is a major constraint to plant establishment, restricting water infiltration and moisture retention in the seed zone w...

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Is management of an invasive grass Agropyron cristatum contingent on environmental variation.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Hansen, M. J. & Wilson, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The control of invasive species is a challenge heightened by the dependency of management outcomes on environmental variation. This is especially true...

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Decline of arable weed seeds during 20 years in soil under grass and the periodicity of seedling emergence after cultivation.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Chancellor, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The decline of seeds of a natural population of arable weeds under a grass sward was monitored by germination in the field. Plots of 0.9 m2 were dug o...

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Population structure and establishment of the threatened long-lived perennial Scorzonera humilis in relation to environment.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Colling, G. & Matthies, D. & Reckinger, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The intensification of agriculture has resulted in the decline of many plant species of nutrient-poor wet grasslands. At some sites local populations ...

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Phenology as a basis for management of exotic annual plants in desert invasions.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Marushia, R. G. & Cadotte, M. W. & Holt, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Exotic annual plants are an increasingly important ecological issue and new, creative approaches to management are required. In desert ecosystems of t...

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Predation on Pinus sylvestris seeds and juvenile seedlings in Swedish boreal forest in relation to stand disturbance by logging.

Published online: 13 Sep 2000

Authors: Nystrand, O. & Granström, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest management involving live tree retention and natural regeneration after felling is currently increasing in boreal areas. This calls for further...

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