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On the analysis of competition within two-species mixtures of plants.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Firbank, L. G. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agrostemma githago and wheat cv. Sicco were grown in 1981 in monocultures and 1:1 mixtures at total densities of 16, 40, 120, 400 or 1200 seeds/m2. A ...

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Variability in the relationship between crop yield and weed density for winter wheat and Bromus sterilis.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Cousens, R. & Firbank, L. G. & Mortimer, A. M. & Smith, R. G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Winter wheat and B. sterilis were grown in additive mixtures in 2 fields each at each of two locations in the UK. Yields and components of yield were ...

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Light limitation of reproduction and variation in the allometric relationship between reproductive and vegetative biomass in Amaranthus retroflexus (redroot pigweed).

Published online: 13 May 1995

Authors: McLachlan, S. M. & Murphy, S. D. & Tollenaar, M. & Weise, S. F. & Swanton, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Light limitation (induced by the canopy of Zea mays [maize] cv. Pioneer 3902) of reproduction in Amaranthus retroflexus and the allometric relationshi...

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Comparing biological productivity in cropping systems: a competition approach.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Park, S. E. & Benjamin, L. R. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Intercropping, the practice of growing two or more crops in close association, is attracting increasing interest in developed countries, primarily ...

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The effect of plant density on the response of Agrostemma githago to herbicide.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Humphry, R. W. & Mortimer, M. & Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The estimation of dose-response relationships is an integral and legally necessary part of the routine regulatory process for herbicides. For each her...

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The population dynamics of Anisantha sterilis in winter wheat: comparative demography and the role of management.

Published online: 25 Oct 1999

Authors: Smith, G. L. & Freckleton, R. P. & Firbank, L. G. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A 3-year field study designed to monitor the detailed population dynamics of Anisantha sterilis in winter wheat, and to explore the consequences of ch...

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Neighbour effects in the genus Avena. 1. Comparison of crop species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Trenbath, B. R. & Harper, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A comparison is made of the relative advantages of interspecific mixture experiments using additive and substitutive designs. The results of growing A...

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The comparative demography of the pasture weed Echium plantagineum between its native and invaded ranges.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Grigulis, K. & Sheppard, A. W. & Ash, J. E. & Groves, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Echium plantagineum is native to the western Mediterranean Basin, where it is a common, but not dominant, component of species-rich annual grasslands....

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Screening of stand-alone and mixture of cover crops for ground cover management in a temperate organic Peach orchard.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Parveaud, C. E. & Brenner, J. & Libourel, G. & Ondet, S. J. & Bussi, C. & Mercier, V.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Cover crops are alternative strategies for managing weeds within the tree row in organic orchards. The choice of the botanical composition of cover cr...

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Stable coexistence of an invasive plant and biocontrol agent: a parameterized coupled plant-herbivore model.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Buckley, Y. M. & Rees, M. & Sheppard, A. W. & Smyth, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Coupled plant-herbivore models, allowing feedback from plant to herbivore populations and vice versa, enable us to predict the impact of biocontrol ag...

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