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A system for logging light interception in crop stands.

Published online: 19 Dec 1972

Authors: Prevost, S. E. & Baker, D. N. & Hesketh, J. D. & Myhre, D. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the system described, the light sensor moved down and up a 10-ft steel track placed upright in the crop, taking 15 min/cycle. RB.

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A system for logging light interception in crop stands.

Published online: 08 Jan 1972

Authors: Prevost, S. E. & Baker, D. N. & Hesketh, J. D. & Myhre, D. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the system described, the light sensor moved down and up a 10-ft steel track placed upright in the crop, taking 15 min/cycle. RB.

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A survey of tracks and paths in a sand dune ecosystem. 2. Vegetation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Liddle, M. J. & Greig-Smith, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies on sand-dune vegetation at Aberffraw, Anglesey containing car tracks, footpaths and sheep walks showed that a number of species, including Poa...

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A survey of tracks and paths in a sand dune ocosystem. I. Soils. II Vegetation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Liddle, M. J. & Greig-Smith, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bulk density and soil penetration resistance was linearly related to the log of the number of passages of a car, up to 256 passages, and of walkers, u...

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New opportunities for an old method: using fluorescent colours to measure seed dispersal.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Lemke, A. & Lippe, M. von der & Kowarik, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed dispersal is of high applied relevance as it governs colonization processes in rare species and during plant invasions. Seed tracking is a powerf...

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Addressing tagging location bias to assess space use by marine animals.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Hays, G. C. & Rattray, A. & Esteban, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimates of space use derived from animal tracking studies are often biased by where animals are tagged, with areas distant to the tagging site, in b...

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Identifying hotpots of threats to marine megafauna.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Carneiro, A. P. B.

Content type: Miscellaneous

There is increased global awareness that the oceans are under threat. Marine megafauna such as seabirds, marine turtles, marine mammals, sharks and ra...

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The impacts of tracks on the integrity and hydrological function of blanket peat.

Published online: 18 May 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Grace, M. & Dykes, A. & Thorp, S. & Crowle, A.

Content type: Reports

Management of the English uplands is complex and achieving good environmental outcomes, while taking into account the needs of owners, stakeholders an...

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What limits predation rates by the specialist seed-feeder Penthobruchus germaini on an invasive shrub?

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Klinken, R. D. van & Flack, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Specialist seed-feeders are widely used in weed biological control, but seed predation rates are frequently insufficient to cause the required impacts...

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Land-use intensity impacts habitat selection of ground-nesting farmland birds in the Netherlands.

Published online: 20 Jan 2023

Authors: Li YuHong & Piersma, T. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Howison, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

(1). Agricultural intensification has modified grassland habitats, causing serious declines in farmland biodiversity including breeding birds. Until n...

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