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Simulated dynamics of blue grama production.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Brown, L. F. & Trlica, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

DM production of swards of Bouteloua gracilis was modelled using measured effects of soil water potential, temperature, visible irradiance and phenolo...

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Effects of simulated grazing by below-ground herbivores on growth, CO2 exchange, and carbon allocation patterns of Bouteloua gracilis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Detling, J. K. & Winn, D. T. & Procter-Gregg, C. & Painter, E. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A series of root-pruning experiments was performed to simulate the effects of grazing by root-feeding herbivores on B. gracilis. Approx. 37% (c. 22 mg...

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Bush-control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. 3. Control of Disperma in semi-desert dwarf shrub grassland.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Pratt, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effects of controlling the shrub Disperma sp. (near D. eremophilum Milne-Redhead) by hand clearing and 3 mechanical methods on ground-cover compositio...

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Nutrient removal by cattle from a shortgrass prairie.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Dean, R. & Ellis, J. E. & Rice, R. W. & Bement, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Energy and N removal by cattle from a shortgrass prairie ecosystem [botanical composition not stated] in N. Colorado were determined. Grazing intensit...

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A dynamic programming approach to optimal grazing strategies using a succession model for a tropical grassland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Swartzman, G. L. & Singh, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant cover data collected at Varanasi, India, for 2 successive years in pastures at different grazing intensities were used to formulate a simulated ...

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A model of the root biomass dynamics of a shortgrass prairie dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Ares, J. & Singh, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A compartment model is described which simulates the root biomass dynamics of shortgrass prairie; fluxes between compartments are treated as time-vary...

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Can long-term floodplain meadow recreation replicate species composition and functional characteristics of target grasslands?

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Woodcock, B. A. & McDonald, A. W. & Pywell, R. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The recreation of species-rich grassland represents a key EU agri-environment policy initiative intended to maintain native biodiversity and to suppor...

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Restoration of wet features for breeding waders on lowland grassland.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Eglington, S. M. & Gill, J. A. & Bolton, M. & Smart, M. A. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the last century, the loss of around half of the world's wetlands, principally through drainage and conversion to agriculture, has been one of th...

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Population dynamics of the perennial rangeland shrubs Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana astrotricha and M. pyramidata under grazing, 1980-87.

Published online: 17 Aug 1990

Authors: Eldridge, D. J. & Westoby, M. & Stanley, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Moderate grazing by Hereford cattle or by sheep on the Mundi Mundi Plain, New South Wales, in 1980-87 did not affect the population dynamics of the pe...

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Future flood damages unevenly distributed among households.

Published online: 20 Jan 2022

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Gourevitch, J. D. & Diehl, R. M. & Wemple, B. C. & Ricketts, T. H.

Content type: Blog

This study demonstrates that although climate change is likely to result in substantial increases in flood damages, floodplain restoration has the pot...

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