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Suppression of weeds by spring wheat Triticum aestivum increases with crop density and spatial uniformity.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Weiner, J. & Griepentrog, H. W. & Kristensen, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent advances in our understanding of the advantage of initial size in competition among individual plants (size-asymmetric competition) suggest tha...

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The effects of elevated host-plant cadmium and copper on the performance of the aphid Aphis fabae (Homoptera: Aphididae).

Published online: 05 Oct 1995

Authors: Crawford, L. A. & Hodkinson, I. D. & Lepp, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The uptake patterns of cadmium and copper by Aphis fabae from its food plant, Vicia faba, grown under control and elevated metal treatments, were comp...

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Epidemiology of cereal aphids on winter wheat in Norfolk, 1979-1981.

Published online: 22 Jul 1985

Authors: Leather, S. R. & Carter, N. & Walters, K. F. A. & Chroston, J. R. & Thornback, N. & Gardner, S. M. & Watson, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The cereal aphid outbreaks of 1979 (Metopolophium dirhodum) and 1980 (Sitobion avenae) and their lower populations in 1981, in Norfolk, eastern Englan...

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Contrasting responses of nitrogen: phosphorus stoichiometry in plants and soils under grazing: a global meta-analysis.

Published online: 22 May 2021

Authors: Yu RuiPeng & Zhang WeiPing & Fornara, D. A. & Li Long

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing by ungulate herbivores can greatly alter nitrogen ([N]) and phosphorus ([P]) concentrations in plants and soils. It is not clear, however, how...

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The effect of weed distribution on predictions of yield loss.

Published online: 08 Dec 1990

Authors: Brain, P. & Cousens, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A statistical model is presented which explores the effects of weed patchiness on crop yield. Input data are a non-linear regression of yield versus w...

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Temperature requirements of some aphids and their parasites.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Campbell, A. & Frazer, B. D. & Gilbert, N. & Gutierrez, A. P. & Mackauer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The temperature requirements of five aphid species (Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), Aphis craccivora Koch, Brevicoryne brassicae(L.). Macrosiphum avenae...

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Roadside diversity in relation to age and surrounding source habitat: evidence for long time lags in valuable green infrastructure.

Published online: 15 Sep 2020

Authors: Auffret, A. G. & Lindgren, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The severe and ongoing decline in semi-natural grassland habitat during the past two centuries means that it is important to consider how other, margi...

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The phenology of mesotrophic grassland in the Pennine dales, northern England: historic hay cutting dates, vegetation variation and plant species phenologies.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Jones, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relevance to conservation of a restriction on the start of haymaking in species-rich meadows is included in the management prescription for the Pe...

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Diversity-conditioned soil strengthens plant diversity-productivity relationship.

Published online: 12 Jan 2024

Authors: Ren HaiYan & Xie JiaYao & Li Kang & Shi SiBo & Li XianPing & Guo Hui & Liu ManQiang & Yu Qiang

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionzhThis link goes to a English section How biodiversity affects terrestrial productivity is important to the maint...

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The importance of flavour in determining the feeding preferences of bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) for the buds of two pear cultivars.

Published online: 19 Mar 1986

Authors: Greig-Smith, P. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wild bullfinches feeding on the buds of orchard pear trees are known to prefer the cultivar 'Conference' to 'Doyenne du Comice', which differs in many...

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