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A physiological and mathematical study of the growth and productivity of a Cattuna-Sphagnum community. 1. Net photosynthesis of Cattuna vulgaris L. Hull.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Grace, J. & Woolhouse, H. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A description is given of apparatus used for measuring photosynthesis and respiration in C. vulgaris under controlled conditions of light intensity, r...

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Nutrient and microbial changes in the peat profile beneath Sphagnum magellanicum in response to additions of ammonium nitrate.

Published online: 28 Nov 1997

Authors: Williams, B. L. & Silcock, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Applications of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) to cores of Sphagnum magellanicumin situ at 2-week intervals for 20 weeks from mid-June at a raised mire in ...

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A method for measuring rate of grass-harvesting by Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasmann) (Isoptera, Nasutitermitinae) and observation on its foraging behaviour in southern Guinea savanna, Nigeria.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Ohiagu, C. E. & Wood, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasm.), one of the most abundant grass-eating termites in Nigeria, harvests standing grass by cutting it into pieces and car...

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Modelling the consequences of crop-wild relative gene flow: a sensitivity analysis of the effects of outcrossing rates and hybrid vigour breakdown in Lactuca.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Hooftman, D. A. P. & Oostermeijer, J. G. B. & Marquard, E. & Nijs, H. C. M. den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hybridization between crops and their wild relatives may enhance invasiveness and change their niche dynamics. This is regarded as a major biosafety p...

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Collateral benefits of targeted supplementary feeding on demography and growth rate of a threatened population.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Fenn, S. R. & Bignal, E. M. & Trask, A. E. & McCracken, D. I. & Monaghan, P. & Reid, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective evidence-based conservation requires full quantification of the impacts of targeted management interventions on focal populations. Such impa...

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The effects of reducing population density on contact rates between brushtail possums: implications for transmission of bovine tuberculosis.

Published online: 13 Nov 2002

Authors: Ramsey, D. & Spencer, N. & Caley, P. & Efford, M. & Hansen, K. & Lam, M. & Cooper, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interactions during mating are thought to be an important mechanism for transmission of tuberculosis (Tb) Mycobacterium bovis in the brushtail possum ...

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The utilization of blanket bog vegetation by grazing sheep.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Grant, S. A. & Lamb, W. I. C. & Kerr, C. D. & Bolton, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Three areas of bog in western Scotland were grazed at monthly intervals at the times of the year when sheep would graze these areas in hill sheep prod...

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Benefits of increased cover crop diversity for predators and biological pest control depend on the landscape context.

Published online: 30 Sep 2021

Authors: Beaumelle, L. & Auriol, A. & Grasset, M. & Pavy, A. & Thiéry, D. & Rusch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Increasing plant diversity in agricultural systems is a promising way to balance food production and biodiversity conservation. Biological pest con...

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Climate change refugia for the flora and fauna of England.

Published online: 20 Mar 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Suggitt, A. J. & Wilson, R. J. & August, T. A. & Beale, C. M. & Bennie, J. J. & Dordolo, A. & Fox, R. & Hopkins, J. J. & Isaac, N. J. B. & Jorieux, P. & Macgregor, N. A. & Marcetteau, J. & Massimino, D. & Morecroft, M. D. & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Walker, K. & Maclean, I. M. D.

Content type: Reports

A variety of evidence suggests that species may be able to withstand the effects of climate change in localised environments known as refugia, where s...

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Is invasion success explained by enemy release?

Published online: 07 Nov 2020

Authors: Roznik, E.

Content type: Blog

Identifying the mechanisms underlying biological invasions can inform the management of invasive species. The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) suggests ...

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