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Using satellite imagery to assess impacts of soil and water conservation measures: evidence from Ethiopia's Tana-Beles watershed.

Published online: 04 Jul 2018

Authors: Ali, D. A. & Deininger, K. & Monchuk, D.

Content type: Bulletin

Although efforts at soil and water conservation are routinely viewed as instrumental in reducing vulnerability to climate change, their impact has rar...

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Changes in the weed flora of an arable field cultivated for 20 years.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Chancellor, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the weed flora of Boddington Barn field were monitored during 20 years of arable cropping after being ploughed out of grass in 1960. Seedli...

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Variation in wing length of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta in East Africa during 1973-74.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Aidley, D. J. & Lubega, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wing lengths of nearly 6000 Spodoptera exempta (Wlk.) adults were measured in samples caught at light-traps at various sites in East Africa between De...

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Experimental harvest of waterfowl eggs informs management by indigenous peoples.

Published online: 26 Mar 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Herse, M. R. & Tylianakis, J. M. & Scott, N. J. & Brown, D. & Cranwell, I. & Henry, J. & Pauling, C. & McIntosh, A. R. & Gormley, A. M. & Lyver, P. O.

Content type: Blog

An experiment was conducted by the Māori tribe Ngāi Tahu and researchers (Māori and non-Māori) in Aotearoa/New Zealand, to assess how customary egg ha...

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What limits bumblebee populations on farmland?

Published online: 27 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: Blog

This paper quantifies the landscape composition, seasonal nectar and pollen supply and Bombus terrestris colony density of 12 farms in southwest UK to...

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Studies of radial growth in Salix cinerea L. on a reservoir margin.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Gill, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increment cores were obtained at b.h. from the stems of 300 trees on the margin of the Lake Vyrnwy reservoir, Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1969, and the...

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The dynamics of foliage distribution within a forest canopy.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Kinerson, R. S. & Higginbotham, K. O. & Chapman, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Presents a quantitative study of canopy morphology based on data collected during and after the 1971 growing season, in a 14-year-old stand of Pinus t...

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Diurnal light interception and a computer model of light interception by hedgerow apple orchards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Palmer, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There was a marked diurnal variation of light interception by hedgerow orchards on sunny days in June and July. This variation was considerably reduce...

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The salinity of motorway soils. IV. Effects of sodium chloride on some native British shrub species, and the possibility of establishing shrubs on the central reserves of motorways.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Thompson, J. R. & Rutter, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Individuals of eleven native British shrub species growing in containers out of doors were subjected to sodium chloride solutions of different concent...

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The physiology of grass production under grazing. I. Characteristics of leaf and canopy photosynthesis of continuously-grazed swards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Parsons, A. J. & Leafe, E. L. & Collett, B. & Stiles, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Perennial ryegrass swards were continuously grazed by sheep. One sward was grazed to maintain an LAI (lamina) close to 1.0 ('hard' grazed) and a 2nd s...

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