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Low temperature growth in the field of Trifolium repens ecotypes from northern latitudes.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Ollerenshaw, J. H. & Baker, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In studies on the low-temp. growth of 13 ecotypes and of the cv. S184 of T. repens at 2 locations, one at 70 m and the other at 230 m alt. in NE Engla...

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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 effect of height of water table on the growth of Holcus lanatus with reference to Lolium perenne.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Watt, T. A. & Haggar, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plants of Holcus lanatus and Lolium perenne were grown in monoculture and in a 50:50 mixture in free-draining conditions and with the water table at 5...

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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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A dynamic model for above-ground growth and dry matter production in a forest community.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Kanninen, M. & Hari, P. & Kellomaki, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model was developed to simulate the production rate of above-ground dry matter by trees and by ground vegetation. Values for a Scots pine stand in c...

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Making use of harvest information to examine alternative management scenarios: a body weight-structured model for wild boar.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Gamelon, M. & Gaillard, J. M. & Servanty, S. & Gimenez, O. & Toïgo, C. & Baubet, E. & Klein, F. & Lebreton, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Harvest models are often built to explore the sustainability of the dynamics of exploited populations and to help evaluate hunting management scenario...

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Effects of early and late season defoliation on growth and carbohydrate dynamics in Scots pine.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Ericsson, A. & Larsson, S. & Tenow, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a Swedish experiment, 18-yr-old Scots pine were defoliated by hand in early and late summer, simulating different degrees of insect grazing on the ...

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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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Vertical gradients of water potential and tissue water relations in Sitka Spruce trees measured with the pressure chamber.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Hellkvist, J. & Richards, G. P. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reports a study in 1970-71 on 23-year-old trees of Picea sitchensis growing on a NE-facing slope at Fetteresso Forest, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in w...

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Individual study: the use of bud caps (leading shoot tree guards) to relieve browsing pressure in remote areas of Caledonian pinewood at Mar Lodge Estate National Nature Reserve, UK.

Published online: 12 Mar 2020

Authors: Painting, A. I. & Agnew, J. & Shaila Rao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Bud caps can be used to reduce browsing pressure on isolated Scots pine Pinus sylvestris seedlings in outlying areas of Caledonian pinewood....

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