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The competition box: a graphical aid to forecasting pollinator performance.

Published online: 07 May 1997

Authors: Corbet, S. A. & Saville, N. M. & Fussell, M. & Prycircumflex˜s-Jones, O. E. & Unwin, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Three major determinants of bees' nectar foraging patterns are the maximum depth at which nectar is accessible (dependent on bee tongue length); the m...

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Field and laboratory studies on money spiders (Linyphiidae) as predators of cereal aphids.

Published online: 06 Nov 1986

Authors: Sunderland, K. D. & Fraser, A. M. & Dixon, A. F. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Measurements of web cover, aphid availability and aphid capture were made in fields of winter wheat in West Sussex and East Anglia, England, in 1981 a...

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Photosynthesis by grapevine canopies.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Smart, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A new field technique to estimate photosynthesis is described. It relies on describing direct and diffused light fluxes within the canopy, and photosy...

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Activity of the microbial decomposer community in metal-contaminated roadside soils.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Post, R. D. & Beeby, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rates of decomposition were measured in roadside soils of high and low metal concentration in SW London, UK, to determine whether metal contamination ...

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The USA national phenology network's buffelgrass green-up forecast map products.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Gerst, K. L. & Crimmins, T. M. & Posthumus, E. & Marsh, R. L. & Switzer, J. & Wallace, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris syn. Pennisetum ciliare) was introduced to Sonoran Desert in the early 20th century and has become widespread at low el...

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The independent assessment of frost hardiness of excised laminae, excised roots and trimmed tillers of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea).

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Pearce, R. S. & McDonald, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trimmed tillers, excised roots and excised laminae of tall fescue were subjected to various temp. down to -12 deg C for various exposure times and at ...

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The radiation and energy balances of coniferous and deciduous forests.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Tajchman, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a method of evaluating profile measurements above a vegetation cover in order to calculate its energy balance. The equations given by the ae...

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Eddy-correlation measurements of carbon dioxide efflux from the floor of a deciduous forest.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Baldocchi, D. D. & Verma, S. B. & Matt, D. R. & Anderson, D. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The technique seemed a promising alternative to dynamic or static chamber techniques in a cooperative study of CO2 exchange above and below a fully-le...

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Instrument for measuring temperature, photosynthetically active radiation and daylength and temperature in coppice.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Mitchell, P. L. & Woodward, F. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An electronic instrument is described and measurements given for Castanea sativa coppice at five sites in Sussex, UK, covering the first to tenth seas...

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Index of vigour in Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst.).

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Münster-Swendsen, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are presented from 270 increment cores from 13 stands in North Zealand, Denmark, aged 20-68 yr. Relative sapwood increment at b.h. is proposed as...

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