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Revisiting the pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: long-term fire regimes and the structure of ant communities in a Neotropical savanna hotspot.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Maravalhas, J. & Vasconcelos, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The idea that variable fire regimes (pyrodiversity) may increase habitat heterogeneity and, consequently, increase biodiversity at the landscape level...

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Seasonal changes in photosynthesis of tea (Camellia sinensis L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Squire, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal changes in the photosynthesis of tea were measured with a 14C technique during two years in Malawi. Photosynthesis did not decrease at the be...

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Managing water levels on wet grasslands to improve foraging conditions for breeding northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

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

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The widespread drainage of wetlands and grazing marshes has been one of the main drivers of severe reductions in the number and range of breeding wade...

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Survival and regeneration of four legumes oversown into native grasslands in northeast Thailand.

Published online: 23 Apr 1986

Authors: Gutteridge, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The survival and regeneration of Stylosanthes humilis cv. Lawson, S. hamata cv. Verano, S. guianensis cv. Endeavour and Macroptilium atropurpureum cv....

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Ecological studies of the vegetation of the Sudan. II. The germination of seeds and establishment of seedlings of Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. under controlled conditions in the Sudan.

Published online: 12 Nov 1970

Authors: Seif el Din, A. & Obeid, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

cf. F.A. 32 Nos. 4094, 6036.] Seeds were sown on (a) undisturbed forest sites, (b) sites cleaned by pulling out the weeds, and (c) hoed forest sites, ...

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Fire and biodiversity: responses of grass-layer beetles to experimental fire regimes in an Australian tropical savanna.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Orgeas, J. & Andersen, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Up to 50% or more of the savanna landscapes of northern Australia are burnt each year, but the effects of these fires on savanna faunas are poorly kno...

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The influence of the rice bug Leptocorisa oratorius on rice yield.

Published online: 28 Feb 2001

Authors: Berg, H. van den & Soehardi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Leptocorisa oratorius, which feeds on the panicle of rice, is a major target for insecticide applications by farmers in Indonesia. The management of t...

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The mangrove swamps of Keneba, lower Gambia River basin. III. Seasonal variations in the chloride and water content of swamp soils, with observations on the water levels and chloride concentration of free soil water under a barren mud flat during the dry season.

Published online: 16 Jul 1966

Authors: Giglioli, M. E. C. & King, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Profiles in hizophora racemosa, Avicennia germinans and Sesuvium portulacastrum zones and in four barren mud flats flooded only from June to October, ...

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Studies on the water relations of Pinus sylvestris in plantation conditions. V. Responses to variations in soil water conditions.

Published online: 14 Dec 1966

Authors: Rutter, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Comparisons were made between 3 plots in a plantation of P. sylvestris: on (a) the dry plot, rain was prevented from entering the soil; on (b), soil w...

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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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