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A classification of East African rangeland. 2. The water balance as a guide to site potential.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Woodhead, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An annual index of water availability, expressing the amount of mean total precipitation available for transpiration by plants as a percentage of the ...

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Creating Evidence-Based Policy and Practice.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Authors: Downey, H. & Boenisch, N. & Browne, D. & Buckley, Y. & Cranston, G. & Dicks, L. V. & Hughes, J. & Latrémouille, C. & Morgan, W. H. & Muir, M. & O'Brien, D. & Ockendon, N. & Roe, D. & Schindler, S. & Sheldon, T. & Tew, E. R.

Content type: Book chapter

Transforming conservation depends on evidence being embedded within decision-making processes. This chapter presents general principles for embedding ...

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Climatic variation in forage grasses. II. Germination, flowering and leaf development in Mediterranean populations of Phalaris tuberosa.

Published online: 30 Nov 1967

Authors: Cooper, J. P. & Mcwilliam, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eight populations covering the climatic range from Morocco and Israel to northern Italy and northern Greece differed little in germination characteris...

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Long-term vegetation monitoring in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Belsky, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It has been suggested that the perennial grasslands of the Serengeti plains have recently been converted to annual grass and shrub-dominated communiti...

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Variation in wing length of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta in East Africa during 1973-74.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Aidley, D. J. & Lubega, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wing lengths of nearly 6000 Spodoptera exempta (Wlk.) adults were measured in samples caught at light-traps at various sites in East Africa between De...

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An improved method for the rapid assessment of forest understorey light environments.

Published online: 29 Oct 2001

Authors: Brown, N. & Jennings, S. & Wheeler, P. & Nabe-Nielsen, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The high spatial and temporal variability of forest understorey light environments requires lengthy and/or extensive sampling in order to characterize...

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Beyond enforcement: engaging communities in tackling wildlife crime.

Published online: 08 Jul 2015

Authors: Roe, D. & Cooney, R. & Dublin, H. & Challender, D. & Biggs, D. & Skinner, D. & Abensperg-Traun, M. & Ahlers, N. & Melisch, R. & Murphree, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Alarming rises in illegal wildlife trade over the last decade show that tougher law enforcement is not enough to stop poachers from devastating popula...

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Leaf area index and volume growth in thinned stands of Liriodendron tulipifera L.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Madgwick, H. A. I. & Olson, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Another version of work already noticed [see FA 34, 853] showing that LAI and the date when leaf fall was half completed accounted for 72% of the vari...

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Bidding against survival. The elephant poaching crisis and the role of auctions in the U.S. ivory market.

Published online: 25 May 2016

Authors: Ratchford, M.

Content type: Miscellaneous

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The role of different organo-chlorine compounds in the breeding of British sparrowhawks.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Newton, I. & Bogan, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organochlorine levels and shell thickness indices varied little between eggs in the same clutch of Accipiter nisus in the UK, but they varied greatly ...

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