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Relationships between growth and competitiveness of four annual weeds.

Published online: 23 Apr 1986

Authors: Roush, M. L. & Radosevich, S. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Competitive relationships among Amaranthus retroflexus, Chenopodium album, Echinochloa crus-galli and Solanum nodiflorum were investigated under field...

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Ecological fitness and the decline of resistance to the herbicide MCPA in a population of Ranunculus acris.

Published online: 14 Jun 1996

Authors: Bourdôt, G. W. & Saville, D. J. & Hurrell, G. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were conducted (1) to determine whether resistance to MCPA would subside in a population of Ranunculus acris subsp. acris after ending a 3...

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Intraspecific competition in the bean weevils Callosobruchus maculatus and Callosobruchus rhodesianus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).

Published online: 11 Apr 1992

Authors: Giga, D. P. & Smith, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effects of intraspecific competition in Callosobruchus maculatus and C. rhodesianus on cowpeas were studied in the laboratory in order to predict whet...

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The food of the cattle egret.

Published online: 22 May 1972

Authors: Siegfried, W. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cattle egrets (Ardeola ibis) feeding in dairy pastures in the south-western Cape, South Africa, ate mainly grasshoppers, caterpillars and earthworms, ...

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Diet selection by domestic goats in relation to blackbrush twig chemistry.

Published online: 09 Apr 1985

Authors: Provenza, F. D. & Malechek, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The production of current season growth by Coleogyne ramosissima was determined by length measurement in Sept. when the twigs were dormant. Percentage...

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A comparison of relative growth rates of different individual plants and different cultivars of onion of diverse geographic origin at two temperatures and two light intensities.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Brewster, J. L. & Barnes, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In two series of experiments, the relative leaf growth rates (RA) and relative growth rates (RW) of seedlings of 8 onion cvs of diverse geographic ori...

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Leaf volume: a simple method for measurement and some notes on its use in studies of leaf growth.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Huxley, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A liquid displacement method is described for rapid measurement of volumes of individual detached leaves or other small plant parts with an accuracy o...

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Crop pollination services: complementary resource use by social vs solitary bees facing crops with contrasting flower supply.

Published online: 07 Apr 2021

Authors: Bänsch, S. & Tscharntke, T. & Gabriel, D. & Westphal, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many farmers are facing high economic risks if pollinator declines continue or temporal and spatial variation in wild bee communities cause reduced po...

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Changes attributable to pesticides in egg breakage frequency and eggshell thickness in some British birds.

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Ratclife, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. Since 1950, egg breakage has occurred with unprecedented frequency in the nests of peregrines (Falco ...

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An assessment of the value of dilute dust insecticides for the protection of stored maize in Kenya.

Published online: 03 Jul 1967

Authors: Ashman, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's summary of this account of laboratory investigations in Kenya [cf. RAE A 54 394]. Dust formulations of ...

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