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Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning.

Published online: 10 Jan 2019

Authors: Laborde, D. & Piñeiro, V.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Argentina's G20 presidency has emphasized the needs to improve soil management and increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable way to achieve ...

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Correspondence among multiple methods provides confidence when measuring marine protected area effects for species and assemblages.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Honeyman, C. & Carlson, P. & Jainese, C. & Parsons-Field, A. & Eisaguirre, J. & Davis, K. & Giraldo-Ospina, A. & Spiecker, B. & Caselle, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have become a popular tool utilised across global oceans to achieve a variety of conservation goals. Because the reasons...

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The ecology of the Kafue lechwe: soils, water levels and vegetation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Rees, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The geology, topography, soils and climate of the area utilized by lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) at Lochinvar National Park, Zambia, are described. T...

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The vertical distribution of photosynthesis in crops of tobacco and sorghum.

Published online: 19 Dec 1972

Authors: Turner, N. C. & Incoll, L. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vertical distribution of photosynthesis in crops of tobacco and sorghum was determined at intervals throughout the day using a portable chamber exposi...

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Use of road verges by butterfly and burnet populations, and the effect of roads on adult dispersal and mortality.

Published online: 03 Apr 1993

Authors: Munguira, M. L. & Thomas, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a survey of areas beside 12 main roads (with the road number prefix 'A') in the UK in June-September 1989, it was found that verges and central res...

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Soil impedance as a factor reducing crop seedling emergence, and its relation to soil conditions at sowing, and to applied water.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Hegarty, T. W. & Royle, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seeds of calabrese, carrot, onion and sugar beet were sown in the field on successive occasions. Soil integral impedance (work done in penetrating the...

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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An approximate solution is presented of the differential equation describing soil-moisture flow towards a root absorbing water at a periodically varyi...

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Teaching, learning and play in the outdoors: a survey of provision in Scotland in 2022.

Published online: 25 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Mannion, G. & Ramjan, C. & McBicol, S. & Sowerby, M. & Lambert, P.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an in-depth picture on outdoor teaching, learning and play provisions in early years and in primary schools in Scotland in 2022, ...

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Fit by design: developing seed-substrate combinations to adapt dike grasslands to microclimatic variation.

Published online: 22 Feb 2024

Authors: Bauer, M. & Huber, J. K. & Kollmann, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sowing is a well-established restoration technique to overcome dispersal limitation. Seed mixtures adapted to certain environmental conditions, like s...

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Effects of late summer cattle grazing on the diversity of riparian pasture vegetation in an upland conifer forest.

Published online: 26 Feb 2001

Authors: Humphrey, J. W. & Patterson, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species-rich grassland is important for biodiversity in upland forests, particularly within riparian zones. Prior to afforestation, the botanical dive...

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