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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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Food selection by brown hares (Lepus capensis) on cereal and turnip crops in north-east Scotland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Hewson, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

On plots of oats and barley brown hares grazed much more heavily on the outer rows, alongside the space between the plots, than on inner rows. On barl...

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Systematic spatial variation of stomatal conductance in a Sitka spruce plantation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Leverenz, J. & Deans, J. D. & Ford, E. D. & Jarvis, P. G. & Milne, R. & Whitehead, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Null balance diffusion porometers were used to estimate the variation of stomatal conductance (gs) in a Sitka spruce plantation. Samples were stratifi...

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Restoration of a floodplain meadow in Wiltshire, UK through application of green hay and conversion from pasture to meadow management.

Published online: 10 May 2020

Authors: Hosie, C. & Jones, E. & Rothero, E. C. & Wallace, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

In July 2010 green hay from a species-rich donor field was used to diversify a species-poor floodplain meadow (the receiver field), which had previous...

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Microclimate in an apple orchard.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & Powell, D. B. B. & Butler, D. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During 1971 micro-meteorological measurements were made in March, May, July, August and October in a 7-year-old hedgerow-type apple orchard. The albed...

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Wind profiles in plant canopies: studies on an analytical model.

Published online: 06 Nov 1971

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & James, G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Discusses the theory of canopy flow models, and gives wind profiles measured at various heights in an unthinned stand of Sitka Spruce in Scotland, and...

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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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Ecotoxicology of copper and cadmium in a contaminated grassland ecosystem. III. Small mammals.

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

Detailed dietary analysis throughout the year established seasonal changes in the diet selected by Microtus agrestis, Apodemus sylvaticus and Sotex ar...

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Factors affecting the viable seed content of soils beneath lowland pastures.

Published online: 17 Feb 1984

Authors: Howe, C. D. & Chancellor, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The buried viable seed content was determined for some leys and permanent pastures. Seeds of Poa annua were abundant under the leys but absent under t...

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Biocrust morphogroups provide an effective and rapid assessment tool for drylands.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Read, C. F. & Duncan, D. H. & Vesk, P. A. & Elith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur across most of the world's drylands and are sensitive indicators of dryland degradation. Accounting for shift...

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