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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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Interspecific competition and frequency changes among ants in Solomon Islands coconut plantations.

Published online: 20 Oct 1972

Authors: Greenslade, P. J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies on Iridomyrmex cordatus, Pheidole megacephaia, Anoplolepis langipes and Oecophylla smaragdina, all involved in the control of the coreid bug A...

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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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Herbicide application affects microhabitat use by arable wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus).

Published online: 17 Apr 1993

Authors: Tew, T. E. & Macdonald, D. W. & Rands, M. R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since arable-dwelling wood mice feed on many of the plant and animal species known to benefit from conservation headlands (6-m strips around crop fiel...

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Waterholes in Tsavo National Park, Kenya.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Ayeni, J. S. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The evolution of natural waterholes is attributed to the erosion of surrounding termitaria by wildlife. The physico-chemical characteristics of soil f...

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The distribution and abundance of large termite mounds in Uganda.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Pomeroy, D. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rapid estimates of termite mounds exceeding 1 m in height were made by roadside counts covering most of Uganda. The error in the counts was estimated ...

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Selection of heather by captive red grouse in relation to the age of the plant.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Moss, R. & Miller, G. R. & Allen, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A method for measuring food preference of captive red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) is described. Selection from heather (Calluna vulgaris) of dif...

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Allelopathic effects of Aristida adscensionis on Rhizobium.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Murthy, M. S. & Nagodra, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Extracts and leachates of the grass Aristida adscensionis inhibited the growth in culture conditions of Rhizobium extracted from Indigofera cordifolia...

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FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity Project Evaluation Report. Summary & recommendations from the FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity project 2013-2017.

Published online: 07 Jul 2020

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Burkmar, R. & Bell, C.

Content type: Reports

Tomorrow's Biodiversity was a Field Studies Council project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation from 2013 to 2017 inclusive. A two-year developme...

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FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity monitoring and indicators of UK biodiversity change. A review for the FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity project.

Published online: 07 Jul 2020

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Burkmar, R.

Content type: Reports

This report presents an overview of how biodiversity is monitored in the UK within certain limits: consideration of biodiversity is more or less limit...

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