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The rapid response of foraging bumblebees Bombus spp. to hay meadow restoration in the Yorkshire Dales and Forest of Bowland, UK.

Published online: 12 Sep 2018

Authors: Edmonson, C. & St. Pierre, T. & Robinson, S. & Powell, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Widespread pollinator and bumblebee decline has been documented across Europe and North America and much of this can be attributed to pressures from a...

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Heather burning and soil erosion on the North Yorkshire Moors.

Published online: 08 Jan 1972

Authors: Imeson, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In studies in the Hodge Beck catchment area, where Calluna vulgaris recolonizing burnt ground formed an incomplete cover there was a negative correlat...

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A note on establishment of Widdringtonia cedarbergensis (Clanwilliam cedar)

Published online: 12 Jan 1990

Authors: Manders, P. T. & Botha, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study in April 1986 of sowing method (broadcast or buried), sowing density (8, 4, 0.8 seeds/m2) and granivory (using rodent exclosures) in an area o...

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The problems of prediction and scale in applied ecology: the example of fire as a management tool.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Freckleton, R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper serves as a brief introduction to a set of four papers on the large-scale effects of fires as management tools. Two papers in this profile ...

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A portable LIDAR system for rapid determination of forest canopy structure.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Parker, G. G. & Harding, D. J. & Berger, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The functional characteristics of forests are related to the organization of their canopies. However, understanding the relationship between canopy st...

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Field studies of leaf conductance response to environmental variables in citrus.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Cohen, S. & Cohen, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationship between leaf conductance and environmental variables was examined during two summers in 22-year-old Shamouti orange trees. Soil water...

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The viable weed seed content of some tropical agricultural soils.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Kellman, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The viable weed seed content of the surface soil at 78 sites in the upper Belize Valley, British Honduras, averaged 6488 seeds/m2 and included 54 spec...

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Quantification of the impact of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) on cereal aphids in winter wheat: an analysis of field populations.

Published online: 08 Jul 1987

Authors: Chambers, R. J. & Adams, T. H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An analysis of predation of cereal aphids (Sitobion avenae and Metopolophium dirhodum) by larvae of Episyrphus balteatus is described. Field data on t...

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Conservation agriculture affects multitrophic interactions driving the efficacy of weed biological control.

Published online: 12 Jan 2024

Authors: Carbonne, B. & Muneret, L. & Laurent, E. & Felten, E. & Ducourtieux, C. & Henon, N. & Matejicek, A. & Chauvel, B. & Petit, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological control is a key ecosystem service in arable lands, but its effectiveness varies according to environmental and biotic contexts. Cascading ...

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Light and thermal environments as modified by a wheat crop: effects on weed seed germination.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Kruk, B. & Insausti, P. & Razul, A. & Benech-Arnold, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Knowledge of the regulatory effects of the crop canopy on weed seed germination is necessary to understand fully the behaviour of weed seed banks duri...

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