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Influence of grain characteristics on optimal diet of field-feeding mallards Anas platyrhynchos.

Published online: 21 Aug 1987

Authors: Clark, R. G. & Greenwood, H. & Sugden, L. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationship between cereal preference and rate of energy intake was studied for the mallard and 4 types of cereal grain. In a field experiment at...

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Barley and its environment. 5. Stability of grain weight.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Gallagher, J. N. & Biscoe, P. V. & Scott, R. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Barley cv. Proctor grown over a wide range of conditions had a relatively stable mean weight/grain of 34.9 ( plus or minus 2.84) mg (range 29.3-41 mg)...

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The changing tiller population of spaced Plants of S.170 tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea).

Published online: 12 Jan 1969

Authors: Robson, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In outdoor pot trials in 1962-4, mean tiller number per tall fescue Plant rose exponentially at first, then more slowly, to reach about 300 by end 196...

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The changing plant and tiller populations of timothy and meadow fescue swards. 1. Plant survival and the pattern of tillering.

Published online: 18 Jan 1965

Authors: Langer, R. H. M. & Ryle, S. M. & Jewiss, O. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pure swards of S48 timothy and S215 meadow fescue, grown from seed in large concrete containers out of doors, were cut (a) every 4 weeks during summer...

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Growth and yield of pure and mixed crops of oats and barley.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Syme, J. R. & Bremner, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mixtures of equal numbers of plants of different barley varieties or of a barley variety and an oat variety were grown in 5 field trials and 1 glassho...

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Canopy development, leaf demography and growth dynamics of wheat and three weed species growing in pure and mixed stands.

Published online: 01 Apr 1987

Authors: Maillette, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wheat cv. Concorde, Chenopodium album, Agropyron repens [Elymus repens] and Spergula arvensis were grown in pure stands and in mixtures of weeds with ...

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Diet and the condition and growth of elephants in Uganda.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Malpas, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the Rwenzori and Kabalega Falls National Parks, in the latter north and south of the Victoria Nile, 243 elephants were culled as family units at 2 ...

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Distribution of aphids in spring cereals.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Dean, G. J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Observations were made in southern England in 1970-71 on aphid populations infesting the aerial shoots of spring cereals. Aphids mainly Acyrthosiphon ...

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Root growth of a barley crop estimated by sampling with portable powered soil-coring equipment.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Welbank, P. J. & Williams, E. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The shoots and roots of a barley crop were sampled periodically from 46 days after sowing up to the ripe stage (130 days after sowing). Root weights w...

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Barley and its environment. 3. Carbon budget of the stand.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Biscoe, P. V. & Scott, R. K. & Monteith, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The 2 sources of CO2 for canopy photosynthesis are the soil and the atmosphere. For a barley crop, calculations of root respiration rate based on meas...

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