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Herbage intake in relation to availability and sward structure: grazing processes and optimal foraging.

Published online: 11 Apr 1989

Authors: Ungar, E. D. & Noy-Meir, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationship between grazing intake, herbage availability and sward structure was investigated using grazing process models. The general model exp...

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Preliminary studies into bush utilization by cattle in Zambia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Rees, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was made in the Northern Province, during Aug. and Oct. 1968, of the suitability of miombo woodland (Brachystegia/Julbernardia) for cattle rea...

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Vertical gradients of water potential and tissue water relations in Sitka Spruce trees measured with the pressure chamber.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Hellkvist, J. & Richards, G. P. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reports a study in 1970-71 on 23-year-old trees of Picea sitchensis growing on a NE-facing slope at Fetteresso Forest, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in w...

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Simulating the long-term dynamics of slug populations: a process-based modelling approach for pest control.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Shirley, M. D. F. & Rushton, S. P. & Young, A. G. & Port, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An individual-based simulation model was developed to investigate the long-term dynamics of slug populations using the field slug Deroceras reticulatu...

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Increasing spatial dispersion in ecosystem restoration mitigates risk in disturbance-driven environments.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Fivash, G. S. & Belzen, J. van & Temmink, R. J. M. & Didderen, K. & Lengkeek, W. & Heide, T. van der & Bouma, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many vegetated ecosystems, including drylands, coastal dunes, salt marshes and seagrass meadows, inhabit environments frequently disturbed by the eros...

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Do changes in environmental and fishing pressures impact marine communities? An empirical assessment.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Rochet, M. J. & Trenkel, V. M. & Carpentier, A. & Coppin, F. & Sola, L. G. de & Léauté, J. P. & Mahé, J. C. & Maiorano, P. & Mannini, A. & Murenu, M. & Piet, G. & Politou, C. Y. & Reale, B. & Spedicato, M. T. & Tserpes, G. & Bertrand, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The development of ecosystem approaches to environmental management implies the need to account for multiple pressures on ecosystems. Trends in multip...

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Line-intercept laboratory subsampling estimates periphyton biovolumes more efficiently than standard methods.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Frappier, B. & Ducey, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Algal assemblages have been included in biological monitoring in a number of national, large-scale and long-term biological monitoring and assessment ...

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Tests of different methods for measuring and estimating utilization rate of heather (Calluna vulgaris) by vertebrate herbivores.

Published online: 07 Nov 1992

Authors: Armstrong, H. M. & Macdonald, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field study at a hill sheep farm in the Tweedsmuir hills of SE Scotland the precision of 4 methods for measuring utilization rate of C. vulgaris ...

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Wildflower strips enhance wild bee reproductive success.

Published online: 08 Apr 2021

Authors: Ganser, D. & Albrecht, M. & Knop, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensification of agriculture has resulted in a simplification and fragmentation of agroecosystems. Yet, its impact on the reproductive success and p...

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The ecological implications of harvesting non-timber forest products.

Published online: 24 Mar 2004

Authors: Ticktin, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The harvest of wild non-timber forest products (NTFP) represents an important source of income to millions of people world-wide. Despite growing conce...

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