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The conservation of juniper: longevity and old age.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Ward, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

[See FA 34, 6805] From ring-count data from all known records of living and dead specimens over 70 yr old, the life-span of Juniperus communis was est...

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Radioecological observations on plants of the lower Buller Gorge region of New Zealand and their significance for biogeochemical prospecting.

Published online: 12 Nov 1969

Authors: Whitehead, N. E. & Brooks, R. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a radioecological study of several common species of the Buller Gorge uraniferous area (South Island), the trees Nothofagus fusca and Weinmannia ra...

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Urban heavy metal contamination limits bumblebee colony growth.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Sivakoff, F. S. & Prajzner, S. P. & Gardiner, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Post-industrial shrinking cities contain abundant vacant land and are increasingly recognized for their pollinator conservation potential. At the same...

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Environment Act Habitat Target - Definitions and Descriptions [version 1].

Published online: 29 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Hall, R. & Jones, R. & Hurford, L. & Edwards, J.

Content type: Reports

This paper was prepared jointly by Defra and Natural England, and sets out how the habitat targets will be defined and measured. This information serv...

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Changes in the weed flora of an arable field cultivated for 20 years.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Chancellor, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the weed flora of Boddington Barn field were monitored during 20 years of arable cropping after being ploughed out of grass in 1960. Seedli...

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Site susceptibility, population development and dispersal of the pine beauty moth in a lodgepole pine forest in northern Scotland.

Published online: 16 Dec 1989

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Leather, S. R. & Stoakley, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data for Panolis flammea in a Pinus contorta forest for 1977-84 did not support the hypothesis that part of the forest was intrinsically more suscepti...

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Studies of radial growth in Salix cinerea L. on a reservoir margin.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Gill, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increment cores were obtained at b.h. from the stems of 300 trees on the margin of the Lake Vyrnwy reservoir, Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1969, and the...

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Road verges support pollinators in agricultural landscapes, but are diminished by heavy traffic and summer cutting.

Published online: 24 Aug 2020

Authors: Phillips, B. B. & Gaston, K. J. & Bullock, J. M. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Supporting pollinators in agricultural landscapes is important for reversing their global decline. Road verges and hedges are used by pollinators for ...

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Correcting bias in aerial survey population estimates of feral livestock in Northern Australia using the double-count technique.

Published online: 09 Jun 1990

Authors: Bayliss, P. & Yeomans, K. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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Soil factors preventing revegetation of a denuded area near an abandoned zinc smelter in Oklahoma.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Pancholy, S. K. & Rice, E. L. & Turner, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Watkins & Rice (1974) concluded that the denuded area probably remained bare because of the high concentrations of cadmium and zinc combined with ...

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