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A survey of tracks and paths in a sand dune ecosystem. 2. Vegetation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Liddle, M. J. & Greig-Smith, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies on sand-dune vegetation at Aberffraw, Anglesey containing car tracks, footpaths and sheep walks showed that a number of species, including Poa...

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Observer Variation in the Use of a Method of Assessing Current Herbivore Impacts in Woodland.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Armstrong, H. M.

Content type: Reports

This study highlights the Woodland Herbivore Impact Assessment Method (WHIA) by comparing the results obtained by fifteen surveyors assessing the same...

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The nexus of irrigation-water salinity, agricultural policy and long-run water management: lessons from the case of Israel.

Published online: 03 Oct 2019

Authors: Kan, I. & Slater, Y. & Reznik, A. & Finkelshtain, I.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper incorporates the detrimental agronomic effects of irrigation-water salinity into an empirical economy-wide dynamic hydro-economic model to ...

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Plant population structure and aphid parasitism: changes in barley monocultures and mixtures.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Windle, P. N. & Franz, E. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two cultivars of barley, one resistant and one susceptible to aphids, were grown in pots in mono- or mixed culture in the laboratory, and either infes...

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Disturbances as opportunities: learning from disturbance-response parallels in social and ecological systems to better adapt to climate change.

Published online: 30 Dec 2020

Authors: Buma, B. & Schultz, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Disturbances (e.g. fires, floods, windstorms, landslides and tsunamis) are ubiquitous throughout the world. Many social and ecological systems have...

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A survey of tracks and paths in a sand dune ocosystem. I. Soils. II Vegetation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Liddle, M. J. & Greig-Smith, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bulk density and soil penetration resistance was linearly related to the log of the number of passages of a car, up to 256 passages, and of walkers, u...

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Studies on Haltica carduorum Guerin (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae) on alien beetle released in Britain as a contribution to the biological control of creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Baker, C. R. B. & Blackman, R. L. & Claridge, M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adults of Altica (Haltica) carduorum Guer. from France were released in 1969 and 1970 on Cirsium arvense (creeping thistle) at Silwood Park, Berkshire...

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A method of measuring rate of grass-harvesting by Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasmann) (Isoptera, Nasutitermitinae) and observation on its foraging behaviour in southern Guinea savanna, Nigeria.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Ohiagu, C. E. & Wood, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

From observational methods [described] in savanna dominated by Andropogon gayanus at Mokwa, Niger State, it was concluded that daily losses of standin...

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The solutions to the brent goose problem: an economic analysis.

Published online: 14 Jan 1995

Authors: Vickery, J. A. & Watkinson, A. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Five possible solutions to the problem of over-wintering brent geese (Branta bernicla) grazing on farmers' crops in the UK are described: maintaining ...

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Studies in Festuca. X. Observations on germination and seedling cold tolerance in diploid Festuca pratensis and tetraploid F. pratensis var. apennina in relation to their altitudinal distribution.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Tyler, B. & Borrill, M. & Chorlton, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations were collected from twelve sites in Switzerland and Italy. Tetraploids occurred in grassland at high altitudes but in woodlands down to 11...

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