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A continuous flow porometer.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Parkinson, K. J. & Legg, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The equipment described makes use of a continuous measured flow (v) of dry N2O into a porometer cup attached to a known leaf area (a). The gas within ...

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Solar radiation and productivity in tropical ecosystems.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Monteith, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Equations are developed for estimating plant DM production. Estimates for a range of crops growing between 14 deg S. and 43 deg N. agreed well with me...

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Improving climate risk transfer and management for climate-smart agriculture: a review of existing examples of successful index-based insurance for scaling up.

Published online: 02 Jan 2019

Authors: Adegoke, J. & Pramod Aggarwal & Rüegg, M. & Hansen, J. & Cuellar, D. & Diro, R. & Shaw, R. & Hellin, J. & Greatrex, H. & Zougmoré, R.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This review consists of a collection of case studies providing the basis for further exploring the function of index-based risk management tools towar...

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The analysis of mortality and survival rates in wild populations of mosquitoes.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Clements, A. N. & Paterson, G. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Methods are described for the analysis of survival data. The re-analysis of survival data for wild populations of 11 tropical species of mosquitoes re...

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Why we need diversified landscapes for people, food and nature.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Grass, I. & Loos, J. & Baensch, S. & Batáry, P. & Librán-Embid, F. & Ficiciyan, A. & Klaus, F. & Riechers, M. & Rosa, J. & Tiede, J. & Udy, K. & Westphal, C. & Wurz, A. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Blog

This paper points out that land-sharing (i.e. wildlife-friendly farming systems) and land-sparing (i.e. separation of high-yielding agriculture and na...

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Climate change is limiting our ability to achieve a future we want.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Singh, G. G. & Hilmi, N. & Bernhardt, J. & Montemayor, A. M. C. & Cashion, M. & Ota, Y. & Acar, S. & Brown, J. M. & Cottrell, R. & Djoundourian, S. & Gonzalez-Espinosa, P. C. & Lam, V. & Marshall, N. & Neumann, B. & Pascal, N. & Reygondeau, G. & Rocklov, J. & Safa, A. & Virto, L. R. & Cheung, W.

Content type: Blog

This paper provides information on how climate change is affecting oceans and linked ocean change to human well-being and the Sustainable Development ...

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Prediction of the pupal duration of Glossina morsitans orientalis Vanderplank under field conditions.

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Phelps, R. J. & Burrows, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is substantially the authors' summary. To provide means of predicting with precision the duration of the puparial stage of Glossina mors...

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Exploring the capital gain of greening of CAP goals for agricultural nature.

Published online: 03 Jun 2015

Authors: Doorn, A. van & Melman, D. & Griffioen, A.

Content type: Bulletin

This report explores to what extent the greening of the first pillar of the CAP is fine tuned with the agri-environmental measures of the second pilla...

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Drought characteristics and management in North Africa and the Near East.

Published online: 26 Jun 2019

Authors: Bazza, M. & Kay, M. & Knutson, C.

Content type: Bulletin

This report assesses the occurrence and impacts of drought, the current policies underlying drought management as well as the mitigation measures and ...

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Unlocking the potential of soil organic carbon: outcome document.

Published online: 25 Oct 2017

Content type: Miscellaneous

This paper reports the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon (GSOC17), which was jointly organized by the: Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...

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