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Estimation of the seed bank of a chalk grassland ley established on former arable land.

Published online: 14 Jun 1988

Authors: Graham, D. J. & Hutchings, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The size, composition and seasonal and depth-related variations in the soil seed bank of a former chalk grassland ley were determined at monthly inter...

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Population dynamics of Trifolium balansae and T. resupinatum in self-regenerating pastures. I. Seed and plant densities and dry matter yield.

Published online: 16 Apr 1997

Authors: Jansen, P. I. & Ison, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field trial near Forbes, central-west New South Wales, Trifolium balansae cv. Paradana and T. resupinatum lines SA 12240 and SA 14433 were sown a...

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Past and present management influences the seed bank and seed rain in a rural landscape mosaic.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Auffret, A. G. & Cousins, S. A. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed bank and seed rain represent dispersal in time and space. They can be important sources of diversity in the rural landscape, where fragmented hab...

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Density-dependent predation of weed seeds in maize fields.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Westerman, P. R. & Borza, J. K. & Andjelkovic, J. & Liebman, M. & Danielson, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed predation can cause substantial losses of newly produced weed seeds and can therefore be important in regulating weed densities. The impact on we...

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Impact of an exotic earthworm on seed dispersal of an indigenous US weed.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Regnier, E. & Harrison, S. K. & Liu, J. & Schmoll, J. T. & Edwards, C. A. & Arancon, N. & Holloman, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ambrosia trifida L. (giant ragweed), an aggressive weed of US grain crops and indigenous to North America, colonizes no-tillage crop fields and undist...

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Annual losses of weed seeds due to predation in organic cereal fields.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Westerman, P. R. & Wes, J. S. & Kropff, M. J. & Werf, W. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Post-dispersal seed losses in annual arable weed species are poorly quantified, but may be of significance for natural population control, especially ...

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Where should they come from? Where should they go? Several measures of seed source locality fail to predict plant establishment in early prairie restorations.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Pizza, R. B. & Foster, J. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

During the "decade on restoration", we must understand how to reliably re-establish native plant populations. When establishing populations through se...

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Modelling the effect of cultivation on seed movement with application to the prediction of weed seedling emergence.

Published online: 26 Nov 1999

Authors: Grundy, A. C. & Mead, A. & Burston, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In order to predict the optimum weeding period, a realistic estimate is needed of the size, timing and duration of a flush of weed emergence in a crop...

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Influence of cultivation regime upon buried weed seeds in arable cropping systems.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Froud-Williams, R. J. & Chancellor, R. J. & Drennan, D. S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of cultivation on the number of seeds of different spp. in arable land were investigated at 4 sites over several yr. Soil cores were obtai...

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Predicting secondary succession in wetland mesocosms on the basis of autecological information on seeds and seedlings.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Stockey, A. & Hunt, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A variety of autecological attributes of seeds and seedlings (seed weight, germination rate, germination percentage, absolute growth and RGR variation...

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