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Moths, lichens and air pollution along a transect from Manchester to north Wales.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Bishop, J. A. & Cook, L. M. & Muggleton, J. & Seaward, M. R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The light reflectance, type of epiphyte cover, and lichen flora of samples of oak trees at fifty-three sites along the transect were recorded. The cor...

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Influence of temperature regimes and water stress on the germination of three range grasses and its possible ecological significance to a shortgrass prairie.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Bokhari, U. G. & Singh, J. S. & Smith, F. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A germination response study using mannitol was conducted in growth chambers. The highest rate of germination in Agropyron smithii (western wheatgrass...

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Soil factors preventing revegetation of a denuded area near an abandoned zinc smelter in Oklahoma.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Pancholy, S. K. & Rice, E. L. & Turner, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Watkins & Rice (1974) concluded that the denuded area probably remained bare because of the high concentrations of cadmium and zinc combined with ...

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Crop wild relative checklist and inventory descriptors v.1.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Published by: Bioversity International & UK, University of Birmingham

Authors: Bioversity International & UK, University of Birmingham

Content type: Miscellaneous

To ensure effective and efficient in situ conservation of crop wild relatives (CWR), it is necessary to prepare strategies and action plans. An essent...

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Stand structure and light penetration. 1. Analysis by point quadrats.

Published online: 15 Jan 1966

Authors: Wilson, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The path of a point quadrat through a stand until it first contacts foliage is comparable to the path of a ray of light from the sky until it is inter...

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The effect of transgenic nematode resistance on non-target organisms in the potato rhizosphere.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Cowgill, S. E. & Bardgett, R. D. & Kiezebrink, D. T. & Atkinson, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant-parasitic nematodes are important pests of agriculture, and transgenic plants with potential for nematode control are currently being developed....

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Field measurements of dark respiration rates of roots and aerial parts in Italian ryegrass and barley.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Mogensen, V. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dark respiration rates of barley and Italian ryegrass were measured under field conditions. Root respiration rates of both species were greatest 1-2 w...

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Fitting a linear relationship between specific respiration and growth rates using time-course data.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Chanter, D. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A previous method of fitting a linear relationship between specific respiration and growth rates, due to Thornley & Hesketh [seeFCA 25, 5999] and ...

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Barley and its environment. 7. Relationships between irradiance, leaf photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Biscoe, P. V. & Incoll, L. D. & Littleton, E. J. & Ollerenshaw, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A technique for measuring photosynthetic rates of attached leaves using 14CO2 was compared, in a field crop of barley, with a non-destructive method w...

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Identification of standard and compact apple trees by discriminant function analysis.

Published online: 24 Oct 1971

Authors: Eaton, G. W. & Lapins, K. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Discriminant functions for discriminating between standard and compact mutants of young Delicious apple trees were computed on the basis of 5 simple m...

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