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Ravens and buzzards in relation to sheep-farming and forestry in Wales.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Newton, I. & Davis, P. E. & Davis, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population density, diet and breeding success of ravens (Corvus corax) and buzzards (Buteo buteo) was studied from 1975 to 1979 on enclosed farmland, ...

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Policy options for improved integration of domestic timber markets under the voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) regime: lessons from formalization case studies.

Published online: 16 Dec 2015

Authors: Putzel, L. & Cerutti, P. O. & Artati, Y. & Kelly, A.

Content type: Bulletin

This infobrief presents some lessons learned from past or ongoing processes of formalization. They are derived from five case studies and a synthesis ...

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Marine Restoration Potential MaRePo.

Published online: 19 Oct 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Johnson, C. L. E. & Axelsson, M. & Brown, L. & Carrigan, K. H. O. & Cordingley, A. & Elliot, A. L. & Downie, A. & Gannon, L. & Green, B. C. & Jones, J. & Marsh, M. K. & McNie, F. & Mills, S. R. A. & Wallace, N. M. & Woods, H. J.

Content type: Reports

This report focuses on the Marine Restoration Potential (MaRePo) project, which serves as a proof-of-concept study investigating the habitat restorati...

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Early seral communities in a limestone quarry: an experimental study of treatment effects on cover and richness of vegetation.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Davis, B. N. K. & Lakhani, K. H. & Brown, M. C. & Park, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Oolitic limestone workings on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire border were sown in 1981 with Brachypodium sylvaticum and Lotus corniculatus; in a facto...

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The decline of heathland seed populations following the conversion to agriculture.

Published online: 17 Sep 1997

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Putwain, P. D. & Webb, N. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The composition and size of the germinable seed populations of undisturbed heathland soils in SE Dorset were compared to those of adjacent farmland wh...

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Effects of acidity on in vitro germination and tube growth of pollen from declining Fagus sylvatica.

Published online: 24 Apr 1996

Authors: Paoletti, E. & Raddi, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollen from beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees about 100 yr old, belonging to different damage (forest decline) classes in a wood at Pian di Novello, centr...

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Carbon dioxide evolution from two temperate, deciduous woodland soils.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Anderson, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a study in Bleans Woods National Nature Reserve, north-east Kent, to investigate the effects of seasonal and temporal variations in soil tem...

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The effects of seasonal grazing on the Heteroptera and Auchenorhyncha (Hemiptera) of chalk grassland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Samples of Heteroptera and Auchenorrhyncha were taken from replicated plots grazed by sheep in spring, summer, autumn and winter and from ungrazed are...

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Experiments on the effects of fertilizer and rabbit grazing treatments upon the vegetation of a limestone quarry floor.

Published online: 06 Jan 1994

Authors: Davis, B. N. K. & Lakhani, K. H. & Brown, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation colonization in Clipsham Old Quarry, near the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire border, was studied in 1980-84. Quarrying finished about 40 years...

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Some effects of weed control on the numbers of the small cabbage white (Pieris rapae L.) on brussels sprouts.

Published online: 26 Oct 1970

Authors: Dempster, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The presence of weeds within the crop provided a habitat which was more suitable for some of the arthropod predators of P. rapae. Harpalus rufipes was...

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