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Optimising spatial distribution of mass-flowering patches at the landscape scale to increase crop pollination.

Published online: 20 Oct 2021

Authors: Desaegher, J. & Sheeren, D. & Ouin, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The addition of floral resources is often recommended to improve entomophilous crop pollination. However, implanting new plots of mass-flowering resou...

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Reduced growth, competitiveness, and photosynthetic efficiency of triazine-resistant Senecio vulgaris from California.

Published online: 14 Jun 1988

Authors: Holt, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Triazine-susceptible and resistant biotypes of S. vulgaris, collected from the same field in Salinas, California, were compared to determine whether r...

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Habitat use by sympatric wild and domestic herbivores in an African savanna woodland: the influence of cattle spatial behaviour.

Published online: 18 Sep 1996

Authors: Fritz, H. & Garine-Wichatitsky, M. de & Letessier, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial distribution of two wild ungulates, impala (Aepyceros melampus) and kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), and of domestic cattle, was monitored...

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Factors affecting the performance of seedlings and ramets of invading grasses in an established ryegrass sward.

Published online: 22 Jul 1986

Authors: Howe, C. D. & Snaydon, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seedlings and 2-tiller ramets of Poa trivialis, P. annua, Agrostis stolonifera and Festuca rubra were planted into an established sward of Lolium pere...

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Modelling growth and optimal rotations of tropical multipurpose trees using unit leaf rate and leaf area index.

Published online: 21 Mar 1992

Authors: Fownes, J. H. & Harrington, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Theoretical analysis of a simple model, in which tree growth in even-aged stands is calculated as the product of unit leaf rate (E, increase in plant ...

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The relative roles of domestication, rearing environment, prior residence and body size in deciding territorial contests between hatchery and wild juvenile salmon.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Metcalfe, N. B. & Valdimarsson, S. K. & Morgan, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interactions between captive-reared and wild salmonids are frequent because hatcheries annually rear millions of fish for release in conservation prog...

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Density-dependent phytotoxicity: distinguishing resource competition and allelopathic interference in plants.

Published online: 09 Feb 1991

Authors: Weidenhamer, J. D. & Hartnett, D. C. & Romeo, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum) plants were grown in 5 × 5 cm pots at densities of 2, 4, 8 and 16 plants/pot and treated with 0, 100, 200 and 400 µg gal...

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Plant size variation and vertebrate herbivory: winter wheat grazed by rabbits.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Crawley, M. J. & Weiner, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials in Silwood Park, Berkshire, UK in 1982-85, wheat cv. Hustler was subjected to no grazing or to several regimes of grazing by rabbits. ...

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Changes in soil microbial communities due to biological invasions can reduce allelopathic effects.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Li YangPing & Feng YuLong & Kang ZongLi & Zheng YuLong & Zhang JiaoLin & Chen YaJun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil microbes are important in mediating allelopathic interactions between invasive and native plants in the field. However, it was not known how thes...

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Soil carbon addition affects plant growth in a species-specific way.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Eschen, R. & Müller-Schärer, H. & Schaffner, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of ex-arable land to species-rich habitats has become common practice in Europe as a result of Agri-Environment Regulations. The results, ...

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