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Estimating the effects of land degradation and rainfall variation on productivity in rangelands: an approach using remote sensing and models of grazing and herbage dynamics.

Published online: 13 Nov 1996

Authors: Pickup, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land degradation in non-equilibrium rangelands may be defined in terms of loss of resilience and is linked with lower economic productivity through r...

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Effects on growth of simulated and induced shoot pruning by Tomicus piniperda as related to carbohydrate and nitrogen dynamics in Scots pine.

Published online: 19 Jun 1986

Authors: Ericsson, A. & Hellqvist, C. & Långström, B. & Larsson, S. & Tenow, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field experiment in central Sweden, shoots of 20-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) were hand-pruned in 2 series, 1 with non-fertilized trees...

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Rodent ecology and land use in western Ghana.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Jeffrey, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rodent numbers were estimated by trapping (on the ground) in 8 habitat types representing the major land uses in an area where primarily tropical rain...

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Facilitation of red deer grazing by cattle and its impact on red deer performance.

Published online: 19 Jul 1988

Authors: Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cattle were removed from the Isle of Rhum, Scotland, in 1957. Cattle were reintroduced into one area of the island in 1970 and grazed on areas occupie...

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Primary production of a grassland in Nairobi National Park, Kenya.

Published online: 22 Jul 1986

Authors: Deshmukh, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Primary production of a grassland in Nairobi National Park was estimated at harvest and by mortality estimates of the 3 most abundant grass spp. (Them...

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Chronic low level hydrocarbon amendments stimulate plant growth and microbial activity in salt-marsh microcosms.

Published online: 06 Apr 1991

Authors: Li, Y. & Morris, J. T. & Yoch, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Salt-marsh microcosms containing the halophyte Spartina alterniflora were maintained in a greenhouse for 2 years and given daily dosages of a hydrocar...

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Canopy development, leaf demography and growth dynamics of wheat and three weed species growing in pure and mixed stands.

Published online: 01 Apr 1987

Authors: Maillette, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wheat cv. Concorde, Chenopodium album, Agropyron repens [Elymus repens] and Spergula arvensis were grown in pure stands and in mixtures of weeds with ...

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The USA national phenology network's buffelgrass green-up forecast map products.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Gerst, K. L. & Crimmins, T. M. & Posthumus, E. & Marsh, R. L. & Switzer, J. & Wallace, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris syn. Pennisetum ciliare) was introduced to Sonoran Desert in the early 20th century and has become widespread at low el...

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Production and diversity of enchytraeids, earthworms and plants in fertilized hay meadow plots.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Standen, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Random soil samples were used to estimate the number and weight of each species of enchytraeid and lumbricid at fourteen long-established experimental...

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Long-term changes in the trophic level of the Celtic Sea fish community and fish market price distribution.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Pinnegar, J. K. & Jennings, S. & O'Brien, C. M. & Polunin, N. V. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. The intensive exploitation of fish communities often leads to substantial reductions in the abundance of target species, with ramifications for the...

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