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Effect of summer moisture stress on the capacity of tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) to compensate for defoliation by cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Cox, C. S. & McEvoy, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

S. jacobaea plants were grown under different irrigation regimes to assess the effect of summer moisture stress on their capacity to compensate for de...

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The effect of droughting on varieties and ecotypes of Lolium, Dactylis and Festuca.

Published online: 04 Jul 1984

Authors: Norris, I. B. & Thomas, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cultivars and populations of Lolium, Dactylis and Festuca species were grown under contrasting soil moisture regimes in the glasshouse. Dry matter pro...

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Development and evaluation of simplified models for simulating canopy photosynthesis and transpiration.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Sinclair, T. R. & Murphy, C. E., Jr. & Knoerr, K. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Comparisons were made of three micrometeorological models which simulated daily rates of photosynthesis and transpiration in a maize crop. A complete ...

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Field measurement of transpiration in Douglas-fir.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Kline, J. R. & Reed, K. L. & Waring, R. H. & Stewart, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Transpiration rates of Douglas-fir trees (Pseudotsuga menziesii) were measured in the field, using tritiated water (HTO) as a tracer for water. Sites ...

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The influence of soil water content on the uptake of ions by roots. I. Soil water content gradients near a plane of onion roots.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Dunham, R. J. & Nye, P. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water content and ion concentration gradients were measured in soil near a plane of onion seedling roots. Using the water content-matric potential rel...

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Stomatal conductance and photosynthesis in a mature Scots pine forest. III. Variation in canopy conductance and canopy photosynthesis.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Beadle, C. L. & Talbot, H. & Neilson, R. E. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In measurements made on a 45-yr-old stand at Thetford Forest, East Anglia, UK, from Mar. to Oct 1976, data on shoot conductance and photosynthesis wer...

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Diversification of Molinia-dominated blanket bogs using Sphagnum propagules.

Published online: 24 Jan 2022

Authors: Pilkington, M. & Walker, J. & Fry, C. & Eades, P. & Meade, R. & Pollett, N. & Rogers, T. & Helliwell, T. & Chandler, D. & Fawcett, E. & Keatley, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Increasing dominance by purple moor grass, Molinia caerulea ('Molinia') on globally rare and protected blanket bogs of the United Kingdom and the Sout...

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Stomatal behaviour of two heliophile understorey species of a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico.

Published online: 19 Apr 1988

Authors: Fanjul, L. & Barradas, V. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are presented on stomatal conductance and leaf water potential for trees (4-6 m tall) of Jacquinia pungens and Coccoloba liebmannii during the dr...

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Drought resistance effects on species composition of an annual pasture in a dry monsoonal climate.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Torssell, B. W. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The drought resistance of young seedlings of Stylosanthes humilis and Digitaria ciliaris was investigated in the field at Katherine, Northern Territor...

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Effects of shoot mortality on the early development of Afzelia quanzensis seedlings.

Published online: 22 Jun 1994

Authors: Chidumayo, E. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are presented and discussed on seed germination, seedling emergence, seedling mortality, leaf production and shoot growth for the economically va...

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