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The impact of a road upon adjacent heathland vegetation: effects on plant species composition.

Published online: 30 Jun 1997

Authors: Angold, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of a road upon heathland vegetation was investigated at five sites adjacent to the main trunk road through the New Forest, Hampshire, UK, w...

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Changes in soil properties and vegetation following disturbance of Alaskan arctic tundra.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Chapin, F. S., III & Shaver, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil characteristics and vegetation were studied in vehicle tracks and adjacent undisturbed tundra along local moisture gradients at four sites in nor...

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Effects of moor-draining on the hydrology and vegetation of northern Pennine blanket bog.

Published online: 25 Apr 1992

Authors: Stewart, A. J. A. & Lance, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water-table depths on high-level blanket bog were compared at different distances from moor-drains and with depths on nearby undrained bog. Cover-abun...

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An ecological survey of land use and soil erosion in the West Pakistan and Azak Kashmir catchment of the River Jhelum.

Published online: 24 Feb 1968

Authors: McVean, D. N. & Robertson, V. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An account based on the report prepared in 1959-61 by Hunting Technical Services Ltd. for the West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority in c...

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The influence of flooding regimes on forest distribution and composition in the Tana river floodplain, Kenya.

Published online: 20 Apr 1991

Authors: Hughes, F. M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Different forest types, related to frequency and duration of flooding on the Tana river floodplain, are described: active levee evergreen forest (Ficu...

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The diversity of the insect fauna in a hedgerow and neighbouring fields.

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Lewis, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's summary. The insect communities on vegetation in a mixed hedgerow and in neighbouring fields of pasture...

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Ecohydrological changes in the Murray-Darling Basin. I. The number of trees cleared over two centuries.

Published online: 02 Mar 1995

Authors: Walker, J. & Bullen, F. & Williams, B. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Murray-Darling Basin occupies over 1 million km2 of SE Australia. Since European settlement 200 yr ago, massive tree clearing and disturbance to o...

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Long-term changes in colonization of bulldozed ski pistes at Cairn Gorm, Scotland.

Published online: 16 Apr 1997

Authors: Bayfield, N. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The long-term effects of grass reseeding on the colonization of bulldozed ground by native species were investigated. Colonization of three bulldozed ...

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The vegetation of upland mires within conifer plantations in Northumberland, northern England.

Published online: 18 Oct 1988

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Charman, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In afforestation since 1920 (mainly 1946-60, 69% Picea sitchensis) at Kielder, upland blanket mires too wet to afforest were left unplanted. The veget...

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Land classification for management planning in the Luangwa Valley of Zambia.

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Astle, W. L. & Webster, R. & Lawrance, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A classification system for the land-use survey to be conducted as a basis for management planning in the Luangwa Valley is described. The classificat...

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