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The effects of seasonal grazing on the Heteroptera and Auchenorhyncha (Hemiptera) of chalk grassland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Samples of Heteroptera and Auchenorrhyncha were taken from replicated plots grazed by sheep in spring, summer, autumn and winter and from ungrazed are...

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The natural mortality of wheat-bulb fly eggs in bare fallow soils.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Ryan, M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The survival of four populations of eggs of Hylemya (Leptohylemyia) coarctata (Fall.) at Rothamsted in southern England was studied. Few eggs disappea...

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The natural mortality of wheat-bulb fly larvae.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Ryan, M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In further investigations at Rothamsted [cf. preceding abstract], parasitism, overcrowding (two or more larvae in the same shoot), disease and predati...

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The pollination of onion (Allium cepa L.) to produce hybrid seed.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Williams, I. H. & Free, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In general, bees collecting nectar only, as well as bees collecting nectar and pollen, preferred male-fertile to male-sterile cultivars of onion plant...

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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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An experimental modification of upland peat vegetation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Gore, A. J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An experiment was conducted over 13 years at Moor House National Nature Reserve in the N. Pennines to examine the effects of clipping and removal on m...

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Peat temperature regime of a Minnesota bog and the effect of canopy removal.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Brown, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Temperatures were measured at four depths in a strip clear-cut black spruce bog to determine the effect of forest canopy removal. Canopy removal had n...

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Shade in north-east Indian tea plantations. I. The shade pattern.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Hadfield, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of interplanted shade trees on the light regime at the surface of mature tea bushes is described. Most of the light reaching a tea bush ...

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Shade in north-east Indian tea plantations. II. Foliar illumination and canopy characteristics.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Hadfield, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The penetration of light into 5 distinct foliage patterns of tea bushes was studied. The 2 foliage types (semi-erect and horizontal) representing most...

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The effect of direct drilling and minimal cultivation on earthworm populations.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Edwards, C. A. & Lofty, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Earthworm populations in direct drilled and ploughed plots were assessed twice annually for 5 years in a continuous cereal experiment at Woburn. In tw...

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