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The impacts of vegetation cutting on peatlands and heathlands: A review of evidence.

Published online: 12 Jan 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Moody, C. S. & Holden, J.

Content type: Reports

A rapid evidence review was conducted focussing on rain-fed peatlands and heathland systems to understand the nature of the literature on the impacts ...

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The effects of decomposing roots on the growth of grassland plants.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Newbery, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthoxanthum odoratum, Holcus lanatus, Hypochoeris radicata, Lolium perenne, Plantago lanceolata and Rumex acetosa ('treatment' spp.) were grown separ...

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Methods for creating bare ground on farmland in Hampshire, UK, and their effectiveness at recruiting ground-nesting solitary bees.

Published online: 06 Feb 2021

Authors: Nichols, R. N. & Holland, J. & Goulson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Solitary bees have experienced a decline in both diversity and abundance over the past decade. Although their foraging requirements have been the subj...

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Biological control of the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini, by the predatory mite, Hypoaspis aculeifer, on lilies: predator-prey interactions at various spatial scales.

Published online: 05 Sep 1996

Authors: Lesna, I. & Sabelis, M. & Conijn, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments in closed jars with lily bulbs at 25°C showed that the predator, Hypoaspis aculeifer, can suppress populations of its prey, Rhizoglyphus r...

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The effects of mowing on the meadow cranesbill Geranium pratense L., and on the weevil Zacladus geranii (Payk.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Davis, B. N. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The flowering and seed production of G. pratense on a roadside verge in Huntingdonshire was examined in relation to 5 mowing regimes. Mowing in May or...

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The effects of conservation management of reed beds. I. The invertebrates.

Published online: 17 Apr 1993

Authors: Ditlhogo, M. K. M. & James, R. & Laurence, B. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A replicated experiment was conducted in 1988-89 in a stand of reeds (Phragmites australis) which were cut, burnt or left unmanaged on the Hundred Acr...

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Use of grassland and field selection by brent geese Branta bernicla.

Published online: 15 Dec 1990

Authors: Summers, R. W. & Critchley, C. N. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Around Scolt Head Island, N. Norfolk 43.7%, 57.7% and 65.5% of the cumulative total number of observations of brent geese (Branta b. bernicla) were ma...

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Interspecific transfer of inorganic materials by root systems of woody plants.

Published online: 24 Feb 1970

Authors: Woods, F. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The interspecific transfer of inorganic materials by exudation from and reabsorption by roots of plants growing in mixed hardwood/Pine forest in the S...

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Low-intensity farming systems in the conservation of the countryside.

Published online: 18 Sep 1996

Authors: Bignal, E. M. & McCracken, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of low-intensity farming in sustainable management of European landscapes and biotypes of high nature conservation value is discussed. More t...

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Acidity fluctuations at a broadland site in Norfolk.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Gosling, L. M. & Baker, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In November 1970 the acidity of Calthorpe broad in Norfolk, and some adjacent ditches, changed abruptly from near-neutrality to just above pH 3. Most ...

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