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Conservation planning across realms: enhancing connectivity for multi-realm species.

Published online: 08 Mar 2021

Authors: Hermoso, V. & Vasconcelos, R. P. & Henriques, S. & Filipe, A. F. & Carvalho, S. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Connectivity plays a key role in biodiversity conservation as it sustains ecological processes, such as migrations, important for the maintenance of p...

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A four year analysis of vegetation following an oil spill in a freshwater marsh.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Burk, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

After an accidental spillage, the total plant cover, total number of species, mean number of species per quadrat and the Shannon-Wiener function progr...

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Selection of heather by captive red grouse in relation to the age of the plant.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Moss, R. & Miller, G. R. & Allen, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A method for measuring food preference of captive red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) is described. Selection from heather (Calluna vulgaris) of dif...

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Low temperature growth in a controlled environment of Trifolium repens plants from northern latitudes.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Ollerenshaw, J. H. & Baker, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variation in low temp. growth of several types of white clover collected in N. Britain and sites where low temp. adapted white clover plants may be fo...

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Improving the value of field margins as foraging habitat for farmland birds.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Douglas, D. J. T. & Vickery, J. A. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Uncropped field margins are important foraging habitats on farmland for many declining bird species and are a key component of Agri-Environment Scheme...

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The changing plant and tiller populations of timothy and meadow fescue swards. 1. Plant survival and the pattern of tillering.

Published online: 18 Jan 1965

Authors: Langer, R. H. M. & Ryle, S. M. & Jewiss, O. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pure swards of S48 timothy and S215 meadow fescue, grown from seed in large concrete containers out of doors, were cut (a) every 4 weeks during summer...

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The effect of temperature on the growth of S.170 tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). 1. Constant temperature.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Robson, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Various growth parameters of young seedlings of tall fescue cv. S170 grown at 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 deg C were recorded. At 25 deg C individual leaves...

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Ecotoxicology of copper and cadmium in a contaminated grassland ecosystem. II. Invertebrates.

Published online: 01 Oct 1987

Authors: Hunter, B. A. & Johnson, M. S. & Thompson, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invertebrates from contaminated and semi-contaminated grasslands in the vicinity of a major copper refinery housing copper/cadmium alloying plant all ...

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Photosynthesis in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong) Carr). IV. Response to soil temperature.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Turner, N. C. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

[Cf. FA 34, 3826; 35, 7073] The fourth part of a study concerned entirely with photosynthesis in P. sitchensis. The CO2 and water-vapour exchanges of ...

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Comparative growth and atrazine response of resistant and susceptible populations of Amaranthus from southern Ontario.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Weaver, S. E. & Warwick, S. I. & Thomson, B. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growth characteristics and response to atrazine were studied in atrazine resistant (R) and susceptible (S) populations of Amaranthus retroflexus and A...

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