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Sheep grazing in a young Sitka spruce plantation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Adams, S. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sheep were grazed at a high stocking rate for a few days 3 times each summer in a Sitka spruce plantation in Co. Antrim from 1970 to 1974 (7th to 11th...

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Transformations of nitrogen following the application of 15N-labelled cattle urine to an established grass sward.

Published online: 10 Nov 1990

Authors: Whitehead, D. C. & Bristow, A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cattle urine, labelled with 15N urea, was applied in August 1987 at a rate equivalent to 74 g N/m2 to a series of confined microplots, at Hurley, UK, ...

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Plant-soil feedback drives the 'nursing effect' on Sitka spruce.

Published online: 14 May 2025

Authors: Zhou YiChen & Tao TingTing & Cox, F. & Johnson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The productivity of economically valuable focal trees in mixtures is often improved by inclusion of lower-value nursing species, but the mechanisms un...

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Isotopic investigation of denitrification in a riparian ecosystem in western France.

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Clément, J. C. & Holmes, R. M. & Peterson, B. J. & Pinay, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nitrogen (N) loss from agricultural fields and urban areas to stream and groundwaters is a world-wide environmental problem. Excessive nitrogen loadin...

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Responses of Leymus arenarius to nutrients: improvement of seed production and seedling establishment for land reclamation.

Published online: 09 Jan 1998

Authors: Greipsson, S. & Davy, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Iceland has vast areas of mobile sand resulting from volcanic glacier bursts and erosion. Seeds of the coastal, dune-building grass Leymus arenarius a...

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Carbon and nitrogen budgets of four agro-ecosystems with annual and perennial crops, with and without N fertilization.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Paustian, K. & Andrén, O. & Clarholm, M. & Hansson, A. C. & Johansson, G. & Lagerlöf, J. & Lindberg, T. & Petterson, R. & Sohlenius, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials at Kjettslinge near Uppsala in 1980-85, annual C and N budgets were calculated for the following systems: (a) barley without fertilize...

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Destruction of wetland habitats by lesser snow geese: a keystone species on the west coast of Hudson Bay.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Kerbes, R. H. & Kotanen, P. M. & Jefferies, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The numbers and distribution of lesser snow-geese (Chen caerulescens) and their effects on plant communities were studied in a 40 × 200 km area roughl...

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Response of grasses to nitrogen source.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Wiltshire, G. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Yield responses of various grasses to ammonium-N and nitrate-N were investigated in pot trials. Yields with nitrate-N as a percentage of those with am...

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Fungicide levels and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in golf putting greens.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Bary, F. & Gange, A. C. & Crane, M. & Hagley, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Annual meadow grass Poa annua is the most problematic weed within sports turf in temperate climates. It is so abundant that herbicides cannot be used ...

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Prospective evaluation of the biological control of vine mealybug: refuge effects and climate.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Gutierrez, A. P. & Daane, K. M. & Ponti, L. & Walton, V. M. & Ellis, C. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vine mealybug Planococcus ficus is an invasive pest of vineyards in many areas of the world. In California, USA, it infests all plant subunits and has...

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