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Invertebrate traps and DNA - literature review. Survey of sample preservatives compatible with DNA analysis.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C.

Content type: Reports

A targeted literature review was carried out to investigate methods for terrestrial invertebrate sampling for use with DNA analysis techniques. The ai...

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Drigg coast, ravenglass estuary intertidal surveys (Lot 1) 2014.

Published online: 21 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Earnshaw, S. & Andrews, S.

Content type: Reports

This survey aims to provide additional knowledge of the boulder and cobble skear habitats of the Drigg coast to inform condition assessments of this s...

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On the links between nature's values and language.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Inglis, D. & Pascual, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Recent research into the plural values about nature is focusing on relational values as a concept through which to better understand the breadth and i...

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Correspondence among multiple methods provides confidence when measuring marine protected area effects for species and assemblages.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Honeyman, C. & Carlson, P. & Jainese, C. & Parsons-Field, A. & Eisaguirre, J. & Davis, K. & Giraldo-Ospina, A. & Spiecker, B. & Caselle, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have become a popular tool utilised across global oceans to achieve a variety of conservation goals. Because the reasons...

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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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Leaf volume: a simple method for measurement and some notes on its use in studies of leaf growth.

Published online: 21 Dec 1971

Authors: Huxley, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A liquid displacement method is described for rapid measurement of volumes of individual detached leaves or other small plant parts with an accuracy o...

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Special Profile: Integrated management of invasives.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Buckley, Y. M.

Content type: Journal issue

These proceedings contain 35 papers that cover topics on the integrated management of invasives, i.e. modelling species distributions and habitat occu...

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Impacts of livestock grazing on lowland heathland.

Published online: 15 May 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Lake, S. & Bullock, J. M. & Hartley, S.

Content type: Reports

The objectives of this report are to: review and synthesise information on lowland heathland grazing history, methods and impacts; obtain this informa...

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Control of evaporation and surface-accumulation of nutrients in sand-culture experiments with oak seedlings.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Brookes, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A layer of polystyrene beads on the surface of sand in sand-culture experiments greatly reduced evaporation, prevented surface salt-accumulation, inhi...

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The measurement of length and distribution of onion roots in the field and the laboratory.

Published online: 20 Oct 1972

Authors: Baldwin, J. P. & Tinker, P. B. & Marriott, F. H. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The 'Quantimet' Image Analysing Computer was used to measure the length of roots washed out from soil, and a new autoradiographic (32P) method for mea...

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