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More bang for the land manager's buck: disturbance autocorrelation can be used to achieve management objectives at no additional cost.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Garrison, A. & Miller, A. & Roxburgh, S. H. & Shea, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecologists have long studied the effects of disturbance on species diversity. More recently, researchers have become interested in understanding how t...

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The effects of sheep grazing on the growth and survival of seedling Junipers (Juniperus communis L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Fitter, A. H. & Jennings, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reports the effects of seasonal grazing by sheep on young Juniperus communis for seven years from 1966 on IBP grazing plots at Aston Rowant national n...

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The effects of population density, row spacing and intercropping on the interception and utilization of solar radiation by Sorghum bicolor and Vigna unguiculata in semi-arid conditions in Botswana.

Published online: 01 Apr 1987

Authors: Rees, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of population density and row spacing on the growth and solar radiation interception of sorghum were measured from 1980-81 to 1983-84 in i...

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Insect density effects in root feeding by larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Smith, T. J. R. & Roberts, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In further investigations on feeding on larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Boisd.), a pest of pastures in New South Wales [cf. preceding abstract, RA...

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Distantly related crops are not better rotation partners for tomato.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Ingerslew, K. S. & Kaplan, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although crop rotation has been used for centuries to enhance agricultural production, there are surprisingly little data justifying the use of one ro...

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Effects of pesticides on the germination of weed seeds: implications for manipulative experiments.

Published online: 17 Apr 1993

Authors: Gange, A. C. & Brown, V. K. & Farmer, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of 2 insecticides (chlorpyrifos and dimethoate at 6.4 × 10-4 and 1.9 × 10-4 g/Petri dish, resp.) and a fungicide (iprodione at 6.4 × 10-3 ...

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Controlling a plant invader by targeted disruption of its life cycle.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Dauer, J. T. & McEvoy, P. B. & Sickle, J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest management strategies should be informed by research on a broad suite of biotic and abiotic interactions. We used a life table response experimen...

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Modelling edge effects of mature forest plantations on peatland waders informs landscape-scale conservation.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Wilson, J. D. & Anderson, R. & Bailey, S. & Chetcuti, J. & Cowie, N. R. & Hancock, M. H. & Quine, C. P. & Russell, N. & Stephen, L. & Thompson, D. B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Edge effects of native forest fragmentation have been well studied, but there are few studies of open-ground habitats fragmented by plantation forests...

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Effects of moor-draining on the hydrology and vegetation of northern Pennine blanket bog.

Published online: 25 Apr 1992

Authors: Stewart, A. J. A. & Lance, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water-table depths on high-level blanket bog were compared at different distances from moor-drains and with depths on nearby undrained bog. Cover-abun...

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Seed and seedling traits affecting critical life stage transitions and recruitment outcomes in dryland grasses.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Larson, J. E. & Sheley, R. L. & Hardegree, S. P. & Doescher, P. S. & James, J. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seeding native plants is a key management practice to counter land degradation across the globe, yet the majority of seeding efforts fail, limiting ou...

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