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Phosphorus balance of contrasting farming systems, past and present. Can food production be sustainable?

Published online: 27 May 1998

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phosphorus inputs and losses are calculated for contrasting farming systems: cereals were a major product in all systems. In typical modern British wh...

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A predictive model of rainfall interception in forests. II. Generalization of the model and comparison with observations in some coniferous and hardwood stands.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Rutter, A. J. & Morton, A. J. & Robins, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A previously published model of rainfall interception by forests was generalized, and elaborated to enable separate calculation of through-fall and st...

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Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Li XinRong & Sun JingYao & Zhang HongXia & Tan HuiJuan & Hui Rong & Qi JingHua & Zhang Peng & Ward, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Warming and precipitation fluctuations are changing desert ecosystems in global drylands. However, the effects of climate change on keystone species s...

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The physiology of drought resistance in the soy-bean plant (Glycine max). 1. The relationship between drought resistance and growth.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Read, D. J. & Bartlett, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soyabeans were grown in pots at 20, 40, 60, 80 or 100% of field capacity or were allowed to wilt 1-5 times during the growth cycle. Small decreases in...

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Tree mortality response to drought-density interactions suggests opportunities to enhance drought resistance.

Published online: 29 Apr 2022

Authors: Bradford, J. B. & Shriver, R. K. & Robles, M. D. & McCauley, L. A. & Woolley, T. J. & Andrews, C. A. & Crimmins, M. & Bell, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The future of dry forests around the world is uncertain given predictions that rising temperatures and enhanced aridity will increase drought-induced ...

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Low stand density moderates growth declines during hot droughts in semi-arid forests.

Published online: 30 Dec 2020

Authors: Andrews, C. M. & D'Amato, A. W. & Fraver, S. & Palik, B. & Battaglia, M. A. & Bradford JohnB.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing heat and aridity in coming decades is expected to negatively impact tree growth and threaten forest sustainability in dry areas. Maintainin...

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The relationship of potato leaf temperatures to air temperatures as affected by overhead irrigation, soil moisture and weather.

Published online: 19 Dec 1972

Authors: Lomas, J. & Schlesinger, E. & Zilka, M. & Israeli, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Automatically recording thermocouple sensing elements clipped to potato leaves and thermocouple needles inserted into the midrib of the leaf showed th...

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Seasonal partitioning of evaporation between trees and understorey in a widely spaced Pinus radiata stand.

Published online: 07 Dec 1994

Authors: Whitehead, D. & Kelliher, F. M. & Lane, P. M. & Pollock, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tree transpiration, Et, and understorey evaporation, Eu, were measured hourly on 2-3 fine days during 12 periods throughout a year in a Pinus radiata ...

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Water use by irrigated cotton in Sudan. 2. Net radiation and soil heat flux.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Rijks, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Radiation balance was measured from Oct.-Dec. 1965 in an irrigated cotton crop grown on ridges. During this time crop cover increased from about 10% t...

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Nutrients in soil and vegetation around two artificial waterpoints in Eastern Botswana.

Published online: 25 Oct 1988

Authors: Tolsma, D. J. & Ernst, W. H. O. & Verwey, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A comparison of the vegetation and soil was made around 2 boreholes, differing in cattle density and exploitation period, in the dry savanna of E. Bot...

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