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Changes in decomposition rates and Collembola densities during the forestry cycle in conifer plantations.

Published online: 30 Jun 1999

Authors: Butterfield, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conifers have a tendency to produce detrimental changes in the soil that suppress decomposition. It is also possible that clear-felling and the short ...

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Direct measurement of ant predation of weed seeds in wheat cropping.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Evans, T. A. & Gleeson, P. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ecosystem service of predation of weed seeds by naturally occurring seed-eating animals, including ants, in agricultural fields has been suggested...

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Influence of agricultural management, sward structure and food resources on grassland field use by birds in lowland England.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Atkinson, P. W. & Fuller, R. J. & Vickery, J. A. & Conway, G. J. & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. E. N. & Haysom, K. A. & Ings, T. C. & Asteraki, E. J. & Brown, V. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural management of grassland in lowland Britain has changed fundamentally in the last 50 years, resulting in spatial and structural uniformity...

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Leveraging functional traits of cover crops to coordinate crop productivity and soil health.

Published online: 19 Nov 2022

Authors: Zhang ChongZhe & Xue WenFeng & Xue JingRong & Zhang Jing & Qiu LuJie & Chen XiaoYun & Hu Feng & Kardol, P. & Liu ManQiang

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plants act as ecosystem engineers playing fundamental roles in steering their surroundings, including soil abiotic and biotic conditions, soil organis...

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Simulation of nitrogen mineralization in the below-ground food webs of two winter wheat fields.

Published online: 12 Apr 1995

Authors: Ruiter, P. C. de & Moore, J. C. & Zwart, K. B. & Bouwman, L. A. & Hassink, J. & Bloem, J. & Vos, J. A. de & Marinissen, J. C. Y. & Didden, W. A. M. & Lebbink, G. & Brussaard, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Food webs in conventional (high-input) and integrated (reduced-input) farming systems were simulated to estimate the contribution of soil microbes and...

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Environmental stress in the pasture Scarab Sericesthis nigrolineata Boisd. II. Effects of soil moisture and temperature on survival of first-instar larvae.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Davidson, R. L. & Wiseman, J. R. & Wolfe, V. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the work described in this second part [cf. preceding abstract], first-instar larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Boisd.) were exposed, for various...

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Successional changes in the arthropod fauna of a new ley pasture established on previously cultivated arable land.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Purvis, G. & Curry, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the arthropod fauna of a newly established ley pasture in the Irish Republic were monitored in soil and vegetation. Soil and foliage commun...

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Responses of Lumbricidae to saline inundation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Piearce, T. G. & Piearce, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At two localities in northwest England that had recently been inundated by the sea, the decline in the density, biomass and species spectrum of Lumbri...

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Short-term influence of clear-cutting on abundance of soil-microfauna (Nematoda, Rotatoria and Tardigrada) in a Swedish pine forest soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Sohlenius, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An increase in the abundance of nematodes, rotifers and tardigrades in a pine forest soil during the second year after clear-cutting coincided with in...

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Persistence in earthworms and potential hazards to birds of soil applied DDT, dieldrin and heptachlor.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Beyer, W. N. & Gish, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

DDT, dieldrin and heptachlor were applied to separate plots in a hay field at 0.6, 2.2 or 9.0 kg/ha. For 11 yr thereafter, soil and earthworms were an...

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