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Defining Favourable Conservation Status Project: Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for upland mixed ashwoods.

Published online: 22 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This document outlines Natural England's definition of favourable conservation status for upland mixed ashwoods in England, representing the minimum t...

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North Thames Estuary & Marshes Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Survey Report 2022.

Published online: 26 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Abrehart, T.

Content type: Reports

This study aimed to update the records and status of macroinvertebrates at eight main compartments of the survey area: from Tilbury Fort to north of M...

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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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Resistance to water flow in soil and plant. 1. Soil resistance in relation to amounts of root: theoretical estimates.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are presented for a range of species including perennial grasses, white clover, lucerne, cereals and soyabeans on the length of roots per unit ar...

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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 review of the pollinators associated with decaying wood, old trees and tree wounds in Great Britain.

Published online: 28 Apr 2021

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Falk, S.

Content type: Reports

This review identifies over 320 saproxylic insects that visit flowers on a regular or occasional basis in England, Wales and Scotland. That represents...

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Pilot results-based payment approaches for agri-environment schemes in arable and upland grassland systems in England.

Published online: 26 Mar 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Chaplin, S. & Robinson, V. & Page, A. le & Ward, D. & Hicks, D. & Scholz, E. M. & Keep, H. & Cocq, J. le

Content type: Reports

In this publication, to test if results-based Agri-Environment Schemes (AES) could work in a range of different farming systems and for the delivery o...

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Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for violet click beetle.

Published online: 30 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Heaver, D.

Content type: Reports

This document outlines the concept of "favourable conservation status" for the violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus) in England. Favourable conse...

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An experimental study of the reproductive behaviour and success of farmed and wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

Published online: 14 May 1997

Authors: Fleming, I. A. & Jonsson, B. & Gross, M. R. & Lamberg, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were performed to assess the competitive and reproductive abilities of 5th-generation farmed salmon and their potential effects on populat...

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Photosynthesis in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.). III. Measurements of canopy structure and interception of radiation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Norman, J. M. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Presents part III of a study (earlier parts of which had different titles and were concerned with non-forest species) consisting of a detailed investi...

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