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A classification of East African rangeland, with an appendix on terminology.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Pratt, D. J. & Greenway, P. J. & Gwynne, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A map is given showing the distribution in East Africa of 6 ecological zones denned on the basis of rainfall and evaporation data. Of the vegetation t...

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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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Studies on the weeds of vegetable crops. 6. Seed populations of soil under commercial cropping.

Published online: 06 Mar 1966

Authors: Roberts, H. A. & Stokes, F. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The weed seed populations built up in the top 6 in. of soil in land on which vegetable crops have been grown for long periods, was estimated from soil...

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Photosynthesis in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) VI. Response of stomata to temperature.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Neilson, R. E. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The experimental material (all of Queen Charlotte Islands provenance) consisted of seedlings grown for three months in growth chambers and detached sh...

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Flower usage by bumble-bees: a basis for forage plant management.

Published online: 13 Apr 1994

Authors: Fussell, M. & Corbet, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The results of a survey carried out in Britain in 1987 and 1988 are recorded. Participants, mainly children, recorded the first visit for each bumble ...

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Habitat patches and their selection by wapiti and black-tailed deer in a coastal montane coniferous forest.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Hanley, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study of Cervus elaphus and Odocoileus hemionus during May-Oct. in a partially logged Abies amabilis forest on the W. slope of the Cascade Range in ...

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The accumulation of arsenic from arsenic-rich natural waters by aquatic weeds.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Reay, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Arsenic accumulations in the range 30 to 650 mg/kg dry wt. were detected in several submerged species taken from the Waikato river system where the el...

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Wind profiles in plant canopies : studies on an analytical model.

Published online: 21 Dec 1972

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & James, G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An equation is given which gives valid estimates of wind profiles in crops of maize and Vicia faba where foliage distribution is reasonably uniform. R...

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A null-balance diffusion porometer suitable for use with leaves of many shapes.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Beardsell, M. F. & Jarvis, P. G. & Davidson, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes the theory, construction and calibration of a new type of diffusion porometer in which the leaf is placed inside the porometer chamber; it i...

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