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Livestock feeding ecology and resource utilization in a nomadic pastoral ecosystem.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Coppock, D. L. & Ellis, J. E. & Swift, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal patterns of forage selection, diet diversity, and habitat use were quantified for livestock managed by the Ngisonyoka Turkana in arid NW Keny...

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Urban heavy metal contamination limits bumblebee colony growth.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Sivakoff, F. S. & Prajzner, S. P. & Gardiner, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Post-industrial shrinking cities contain abundant vacant land and are increasingly recognized for their pollinator conservation potential. At the same...

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Climatic variation in forage grasses. II. Germination, flowering and leaf development in Mediterranean populations of Phalaris tuberosa.

Published online: 30 Nov 1967

Authors: Cooper, J. P. & Mcwilliam, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eight populations covering the climatic range from Morocco and Israel to northern Italy and northern Greece differed little in germination characteris...

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Special Feature: Informing decision-making with indigenous and local knowledge and science.

Published online: 21 Oct 2021

Content type: Journal issue

This special section, which contains 5 papers, highlights some of the many benefits which can occur when research and decision-making are informed by ...

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Food selection by skylarks and grazing damage to sugar beet seedlings.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Observations were made on sugar beet fields in Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk, UK, in April-May 1977 and 1978 from emergence of seedlings until they ...

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The effects of fragmentation on fluctuating asymmetry in passerine birds of Brazilian tropical forests.

Published online: 29 Oct 2001

Authors: Anciães, M. & Marini, M. Â.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) refers to the difference between the right and left sides in characters that should otherwise be bilaterally symmetrical, b...

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Sexual reproduction in Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth). II. Seed production in natural populations.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Barrett, S. C. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sexual reproduction and natural seed production in Eichhornia crassipes was examined in a total of 19 populations from 2 tropical regions (Lower Amazo...

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Energy efficiency of forage maize production in an Atlantic Canadian environment.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: MacKinnon, J. C. & Gartley, C. H. & Wilkie, K. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

5 forage maize cv. were grown at a site in Stewiacke East, Nova Scotia. DM production rates and environmental conditions were measured during June-Sep...

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Productivity and canopy structure in seven temperate forage grasses.

Published online: 13 Jan 1968

Authors: Hunt, L. A. & Cooper, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Yield determinations were made during Apr.-May and Aug.-Sept. on vegetative swards of Arrhenatherum elatius, Cynosurus cristatus, Festuca arundinacea,...

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Climatic variation in forage grasses. I. Leaf development in climatic races of Lolium and Dactylis.

Published online: 03 Dec 1965

Authors: Cooper, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of leaf expansion, under various light and temperature régimes, were studied in races of L. perenne and D. glomerata representing the climati...

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