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Temperature, rainfall and butterfly numbers.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Pollard, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data on changes in numbers of 31 species of butterfly in the UK in 1976-86 were used to investigate associations between relative abundance and weathe...

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The effect of simulated acid rain on pine needle and birch leaf litter decomposition.

Published online: 21 Mar 1992

Authors: Neuvonen, S. & Suomela, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field experiments in N. Finland, 80 study plots (5×5 m) in mixed pine (Pinus sylvestris)/mountain birch (Betula tortuosa) woodland were irrigated w...

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FR, Caitlin Lewis.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, Forest Research

Content type: Conference slides

This presentation outlines the monitoring activities of Forest Research, focusing on understanding the impacts of nitrogen deposition on forest health...

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Managing water levels on wet grasslands to improve foraging conditions for breeding northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Eglington, S. M. & Bolton, M. & Smart, M. A. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R. & Gill, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The widespread drainage of wetlands and grazing marshes has been one of the main drivers of severe reductions in the number and range of breeding wade...

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Biome awareness disparity is bad for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Silveira, F. A. O. & Ordóñez-Parra, C. A. & Moura, L. C. & Schmidt, I. B. & Andersen, A. N. & Bond, W. & Buisson, E. & Durigan, G. & Fidelis, A. & Oliveira, R. S. & Parr, C. & Rowland, L. & Veldman, J. W. & Pennington, R. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We introduce the concept of Biome Awareness Disparity (BAD)-defined as a failure to appreciate the significance of all biomes in conservation and rest...

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The initial responses of some tropical rain forest tree seedlings to a large gap environment.

Published online: 20 Apr 1991

Authors: Turner, I. M. & Newton, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The responses of dipterocarp seedlings grown in deep shade to a dramatic increase in insolation are reported and briefly discussed. Experiments were c...

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The ecology of Acacia albida on mantle soils in Zalingei, Jebel Marra, Sudan.

Published online: 05 Jan 1968

Authors: Radwanski, S. A. & Wickens, G. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the above area it is common practice to grow sorghum and other crops under trees of A. albida, which is leafless during the rainy season. Crop yiel...

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The feeding ecology and survival of partridge chicks (Alectoris rufa and Perdix perdix) on arable farmland in East Anglia.

Published online: 02 Sep 1985

Authors: Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Broods of grey and red-legged partridges were radio-tracked for 20 days after hatching and their diet estimated from faeces collected at nocturnal roo...

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Direct measurement of evaporation of intercepted water from forest canopies.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Teklehaimanot, Z. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spacing treatments were created in stands of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) near Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 yr after establishment, by thinning out the e...

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The effect of uncultivated land on the distribution of cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) on an adjacent crop.

Published online: 03 Nov 1965

Authors: Van Emden, H. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The numbers of Brevicoryne brassicae and its parasites and predators in a crop of brussels sprouts were counted during a season. The results were grou...

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