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The control of Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P. Beauv. by harvesting for dry season livestock fodder in Lake Kainji, Nigeria - a modelling approach.

Published online: 20 Dec 1984

Authors: Morton, A. J. & Obot, E. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of E. stagnina, the major component of the emergent vegetation of Lake Kainji, is described. A simple model of the colonization potential of E...

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The problems of prediction and scale in applied ecology: the example of fire as a management tool.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Freckleton, R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper serves as a brief introduction to a set of four papers on the large-scale effects of fires as management tools. Two papers in this profile ...

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The efficacy and ecological impacts of herbicide and cutting regimes on the submerged plant communities of four British rivers. II. A multivariate analysis of the effects of management regimes on macrophyte communities.

Published online: 08 Dec 1990

Authors: Fox, A. M. & Murphy, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Macrophyte abundance scores derived from percentage frequencies from permanent transects in four rivers were subjected to DECORANA and TWINSPAN multiv...

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The Hemiptera and Coleoptera of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) in East Anglia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Davis, B. N. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The phenology and growth chracteristics of U. dioica are considered in relation to the successful exploitation of the plant in E. Anglia by several He...

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Proceedings of the Regional Seminar-Workshop on Harmonizing Methods in Risk Assessment and Management of Forest Invasive Alien Plant Species in Southeast Asia, Bogor, Indonesia, 2-5 December 2014.

Published online: 16 Dec 2015

Authors: Fernandez, J. C. & Shono, K. & Barett, K.

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

This proceedings contains papers focusing on forest invasive plant species, considering that Southeast Asia's forests are becoming very susceptible to...

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Bush control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. VI. Effects of fenuron (3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea).

Published online: 12 Nov 1970

Authors: Pratt, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field tests with fenuron pellets, Commiphora spp., Maytenus putterlickioides, Premna oligotricha, and Tarchonanthus camphoratus were mostly toleran...

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Disturbance, resource pulses and invasion: short-term shifts in competitive effects, not growth responses, favour exotic annuals.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Besaw, L. M. & Thelen, G. C. & Sutherland, S. & Metlen, K. & Callaway, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased resource availability and resource pulses often promote invasion by exotic invasive plants, but the relative importance of increased resourc...

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Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi be used to control the undesirable grass Poa annua on golf courses?

Published online: 16 Mar 2000

Authors: Gange, A. C. & Lindsay, D. E. & Ellis, L. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was conducted on golf putting greens in Surrey, UK to determine whether arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have any potential for the reduction...

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What controls the population dynamics of the invasive thistle Carduus nutans in its native range?

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Jongejans, E. & Sheppard, A. W. & Shea, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The invasive thistle Carduus nutans causes major economic losses in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand. For the first time, we have modelled its ...

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What limits predation rates by the specialist seed-feeder Penthobruchus germaini on an invasive shrub?

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Klinken, R. D. van & Flack, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Specialist seed-feeders are widely used in weed biological control, but seed predation rates are frequently insufficient to cause the required impacts...

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