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Seasonal and spatial variation in the mineral content of some upland vegetation types in Scotland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Powell, C. F. & Malcolm, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are given on N, P, K, Ca and Mg content for pioneer, mature and degenerating Calluna vulgaris, young and old Vaccinium myrtillus, Nardus stricta,...

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Effects of nitrogen and light in grass-legume pastures-a systems analysis approach.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Ross, P. J. & Henzell, E. F. & Ross, D. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simple mathematical model is presented describing the effects of N and light on the vegetative growth of grass/legume swards, consisting of a set of...

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Birch control on lowland heaths: mechanical control and the application of selective herbicides by foliar spray.

Published online: 20 Dec 1984

Authors: Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of mechanical control methods and foliar sprays of fosamine ammonium, 2,4,5-T and triclopyr, singly or in combination, were assessed on Be...

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A model of the grazing of hill vegetation by sheep in the UK. I. The prediction of vegetation biomass.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Armstrong, H. M. & Gordon, I. J. & Grant, S. A. & Hutchings, N. J. & Milne, J. A. & Sibbald, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model is described which predicts monthly growth, senescence, litterfall and standing biomass of ungrazed herbage in seven dwarf shrub-domi...

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Competition between perennial rye-grass, meadow fescue and their natural hybrid: variation in growth rates and in the proportion of each species with time.

Published online: 13 Jan 1968

Authors: O'brien, T. A. & Whittington, W. J. & Slack, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growth rate of a triploid [festucoid] natural hybrid between perennial ryegrass and meadow fescue [Festulolium loliaceum]was compared with that of the...

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The effect of management and competition on the uptake of 32phosphorus by ryegrass, meadow fescue and their natural hybrid.

Published online: 13 Jan 1968

Authors: O'brien, T. A. & Moorby, J. & Whittington, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Material from single representative plants of perennial ryegrass, meadow fescue and a triploid [festucoid] hybrid between them was grown in small plot...

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Numbers of nitrifying bacteria in some Rhodesian soils under natural grass improved pastures.

Published online: 22 May 1969

Authors: Meiklejohn, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soils under improved pastures of Giant Rhodes grass, of Beckeropsis uniseta and of a Panicum species, heavily fertilized and stocked, and soils under ...

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Differences in the quality of food eaten by red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags and hinds in winter.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Staines, B. W. & Crisp, J. M. & Parish, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Differences in the quality of food eaten by male and female red deer in winter were studied at Glenfeshie, in the central highlands of Scotland. Hinds...

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Two basic methodological choices in wildland vegetation inventories: their consequences and implications.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Shute, D. A. & West, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In designing inventories of wildland vegetation, 2 of the many basic methodological choices are whether data are collected, reduced and stored in disc...

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Vegetation dynamics on rangelands: a critique of the current paradigms.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Briske, D. D. & Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Smeins, F. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rangeland ecologists have been debating the validity of two current paradigms for the evaluation of vegetation dynamics on rangelands. This debate fre...

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