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Effects of shelter on the growth of turnips and sugar beet.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Marshall, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Swedes cv. Victory and sugar beet cv. Klein E were grown at 2 sites in S.E. England and protected by a N.-S. screen with 50% permeability; the height ...

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Frost avoidance and frost resistance in Centrosema virginianum.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Clements, R. J. & Ludlow, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accessions of C. virginianum were tested for response to frosting in the field and in controlled environments. Accessions differed in their ability to...

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Responses of grassland invertebrates to management by cutting. I. Species diversity of Hemiptera.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Morris, M. G. & Lakhani, K. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of cutting calcareous grassland on its invertebrate fauna were examined in an Arrhenatherum-dominated grass plot in eastern England. Four ...

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The effect of phosphorus and potassium on transpiration, leaf diffusive resistance and water-use efficiency in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) seedlings.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Bradbury, I. K. & Malcolm, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sitka spruce seedlings were grown in horticultural peat supplied with either large or small amounts of P and K. K decreased the transpiration rate per...

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Optimising the spatial planning of prescribed burns to achieve multiple objectives in a fire-dependent ecosystem.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Williams, B. A. & Shoo, L. P. & Wilson, K. A. & Beyer, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is potential for negative consequences for the ecological integrity of fire-dependent ecosystems as a result of inappropriate fire regimes. This...

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Variation in growth and development in natural populations of Dactylis glomerata from Norway and Portugal. I. Growth analysis.

Published online: 28 Nov 1972

Authors: Eagles, C. F. & østgárd, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of temperature and photoperiod on the growth and development of three populations from Norway and one from Portugal were studied. Marked e...

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Effects of shade cover and availability of midge breeding sites on pollinating midge populations and fruit set in two cocoa farms.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Young, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance of several species of Forcipomyia, known to be pollinators of cacao, increased markedly in 1 cacao farm in Costa Rica when discs of rott...

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Effects of a coal mine effluent on aquatic hyphomycetes. I. Field study.

Published online: 29 Aug 1997

Authors: Bermingham, S. & Maltby, L. & Cooke, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of a discharge from an abandoned coal mine on the structure and functioning of aquatic hyphomycete assemblages colonizing leaf material was...

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Ask the locals - urban land management driven by local perceptions of cultural benefits.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Jones, L. & Holland, R. A. & Ball, J. & Sykes, T. & Taylor, G. & Ingwall-King, L. & Snaddon, J. L. & Peh, K. S. H.

Content type: Blog

This paper summarizes a study which aims to explore new ways to measure cultural benefits in Riverside Park, an urban park in Southampton, UK. As peop...

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Vertical gradients of water potential and tissue water relations in Sitka Spruce trees measured with the pressure chamber.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Hellkvist, J. & Richards, G. P. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reports a study in 1970-71 on 23-year-old trees of Picea sitchensis growing on a NE-facing slope at Fetteresso Forest, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in w...

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