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The foliage-light product, a measure for assessing orchard canopies, and its relation to the yields of three apple varieties trained to three forms.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Maggs, D. H. & Alexander, D. McE.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The foliage-light product (FLP) is proposed as a simple and rapid means of assessing management systems of orchard trees by combining the two importan...

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Seasonal light interception and canopy development in hedgerow and bed system apple orchards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Palmer, J. W. & Jackson, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of light interception, in both time and space, were measured during 1973 and 1974 in apple orchards. Several planting systems were investigat...

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Interception of light by model hedgerow orchards in relation to latitude, time of year and hedgerow configuration and orientation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Jackson, J. E. & Palmer, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Light interception by model hedgerow orchards and light distribution over their surfaces were investigated using a computer for the direct light calcu...

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Diversification of Molinia-dominated blanket bogs using Sphagnum propagules.

Published online: 24 Jan 2022

Authors: Pilkington, M. & Walker, J. & Fry, C. & Eades, P. & Meade, R. & Pollett, N. & Rogers, T. & Helliwell, T. & Chandler, D. & Fawcett, E. & Keatley, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Increasing dominance by purple moor grass, Molinia caerulea ('Molinia') on globally rare and protected blanket bogs of the United Kingdom and the Sout...

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The energy and mass exchange characteristics of a loblolly pine plantation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Murphy, C. E., Jr. & Schubert, J. F. & Dexter, A. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The partitioning of net radiation into latent and sensible heat varied with time of day and from day to day. This resulted from variations in net radi...

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Photosynthesis in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) IX. The relative contribution made by needles at various positions on the shoot.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Leverenz, J. W. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The insertion angle of the needles, their position on the stem, and their width had large effects on the uptake of 14CO2 by detached 'sun' and 'shade'...

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Photosynthesis in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) V. Radiation penetration theory and a test case.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Norman, J. M. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

[Cf. FA 35, 7073] A general theory is presented which describes the interaction between radiation and a Spruce forest. The canopy is divided into a se...

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The effects of artificial shading on some growth characteristics of arabica and robusta coffee seedlings. I. The effects of shading on dry weight, leaf area and derived growth data.

Published online: 28 Oct 1968

Authors: Huxley, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In experiments at Kabanyolo, Uganda, in which radiation incomes were measured and growth analysis was employed, seedlings of both robusta and arabica ...

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Contractile growth of the hypocotyl of Lotononis bainesii seedlings in relation to some environmental factors.

Published online: 07 Nov 1992

Authors: Fujita, M. & Humphreys, L. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a greenhouse experiment L. bainesii seeds were sown at 0, 10, 20 or 30 mm depth, covered with Digitaria decumbens straw (20 mm length) at 0, 70, 14...

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Growth of seedlings of Afrormosia elata Harms in relation to light intensity.

Published online: 08 Nov 1971

Authors: Ampofo, S. T. & Lawson, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study of the growth and development of A. elata seedlings, grown for six months under full sunlight, or under 18% or 7% of full sunlight, at Legon, ...

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