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Biocrust morphogroups provide an effective and rapid assessment tool for drylands.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Read, C. F. & Duncan, D. H. & Vesk, P. A. & Elith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur across most of the world's drylands and are sensitive indicators of dryland degradation. Accounting for shift...

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Evaporation from a Themeda grassland. 2. Resistance model of plant evaporation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Dunin, F. X. & Aston, A. R. & Reyenga, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model, incorporating resistances to water vapour transport, was developed to account for controls on grassland evaporation in S. Tablelands region o...

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Evaluation of farm programmes in the 2014 US farm bill: a review of the literature.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Content type: Bulletin

Main changes to US farm programmes under the 2014 Farm Bill aim to strengthen instruments for risk management, both in commodity and in crop insurance...

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Analysis of biological control of cassava pests in Africa. I. Simulation of carbon, nitrogen and water dynamics in cassava.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Gutierrez, A. P. & Wermelinger, B. & Schulthess, F. & Baumgaertner, J. U. & Herren, H. R. & Ellis, C. K. & Yaninek, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model for the growth and development of cassava under pest-free conditions, as modified by weather, soil nitrogen and water, is described. The model...

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Special Profile: Integrating ecology and the social sciences.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Philipson, J. & Lowe, P. & Bullock, J. M.

Content type: Journal issue

This special issue contains 10 papers providing information on the integration between ecology and social sciences. Topics covered include: contrastin...

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Modelling growth and optimal rotations of tropical multipurpose trees using unit leaf rate and leaf area index.

Published online: 21 Mar 1992

Authors: Fownes, J. H. & Harrington, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Theoretical analysis of a simple model, in which tree growth in even-aged stands is calculated as the product of unit leaf rate (E, increase in plant ...

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A non-destructive stain technique for investigating root growth dynamics.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Carman, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A non-destructive stain technique for quantifying root growth was developed. Red, blue and yellow chlorotriazinyl dyes are individually applied as a s...

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The effect of clipping on growth and nutrient uptake of Sahelian annual rangelands.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Hiernaux, P. & Turner, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growth and nutrient-uptake responses of annual rangeland to defoliation were studied at 13 sandy range sites located across the Sahelian zone of Mali ...

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Habitat patches and their selection by wapiti and black-tailed deer in a coastal montane coniferous forest.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Hanley, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study of Cervus elaphus and Odocoileus hemionus during May-Oct. in a partially logged Abies amabilis forest on the W. slope of the Cascade Range in ...

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Growth, abundance and distribution of larval tabanids in experimentally fertilized plots on a Massachusetts salt marsh.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Meany, R. A. & Valiela, I. & Teal, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Larvae of Tabanus nigrovittatus Macq. and Chrysops fuliginosus Wied., 2 of the 4 species of tabanid that breed in the Great Sippewissett Marsh in Mass...

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