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The effect of weather on frit fly (Oscinella frit L.) and its predators.

Published online: 03 Jan 1970

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When weather was favourable (warm, dry) for ovi-position by O. frit, the combined activity of predators and parasites was found to be inadequate to pr...

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The effect of cultivation on the vertical distribution of seeds in the soil.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Soriano, A. & Zeiger, E. & Servy, E. & Suero, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a study on the distribution of weed seeds in soil, seeds of lucerne and oilseed flax, which differ markedly in size, shape and seed-coat properties...

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Canopy development, leaf demography and growth dynamics of wheat and three weed species growing in pure and mixed stands.

Published online: 01 Apr 1987

Authors: Maillette, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wheat cv. Concorde, Chenopodium album, Agropyron repens [Elymus repens] and Spergula arvensis were grown in pure stands and in mixtures of weeds with ...

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Restoration in applied ecology: editor's introduction.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Ormerod, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper presents an introduction to the special profile on restoration ecology of different vegetation types such as grasslands, peatlands, prairie...

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Effects of soil type on crop yield-weed density relationships between winter wheat and Bromus sterilis.

Published online: 16 Mar 1991

Authors: Firbank, L. G. & Cousens, R. & Mortimer, A. M. & Smith, R. G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A range of densities of B. sterilis were sown in pots with winter wheat cv. Avalon in 4 soils; a heavy clay loam and a lighter, sandy soil from Oxford...

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Estimation of the seed bank of a chalk grassland ley established on former arable land.

Published online: 14 Jun 1988

Authors: Graham, D. J. & Hutchings, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The size, composition and seasonal and depth-related variations in the soil seed bank of a former chalk grassland ley were determined at monthly inter...

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Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Tropek, R. & Kadlec, T. & Karesova, P. & Spitzer, L. & Kocarek, P. & Malenovsky, I. & Banar, P. & Tuf, I. H. & Hejda, M. & Konvicka, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The view of post-mining sites is rapidly changing among ecologists and conservationists, as sensitive restoration using spontaneous succession may tur...

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Interference between rows and between plants within rows of a wheat crop, and its effects on growth and yield of differently-spaced rows.

Published online: 19 Dec 1972

Authors: Watson, D. J. & French, S. A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A seed drill with 2 adjacent spouts blocked was used to sow winter wheat so that there were rows (a) 18 cm apart, (b) 18 cm from the next row on one s...

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Effect of decaying couch grass rhizomes on the growth of barley.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Penn, D. J. & Lynch, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In pot experiments, the growth of barley seedlings was significantly retarded by the presence of live rhizomes of Agropyron repens near their roots. D...

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Factors affecting the accumulation of nitrogen in colliery spoil.

Published online: 30 Nov 1988

Authors: Palmer, J. P. & Chadwick, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spoil N composition, DM yield, herbage N concentration and N yield were determined in Festuca rubra L. and Lolium perenne L. swards established on col...

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