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Long-term vegetation monitoring in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Belsky, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It has been suggested that the perennial grasslands of the Serengeti plains have recently been converted to annual grass and shrub-dominated communiti...

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Early seral communities in a limestone quarry: an experimental study of treatment effects on cover and richness of vegetation.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Davis, B. N. K. & Lakhani, K. H. & Brown, M. C. & Park, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Oolitic limestone workings on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire border were sown in 1981 with Brachypodium sylvaticum and Lotus corniculatus; in a facto...

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The decline of heathland seed populations following the conversion to agriculture.

Published online: 17 Sep 1997

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Putwain, P. D. & Webb, N. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The composition and size of the germinable seed populations of undisturbed heathland soils in SE Dorset were compared to those of adjacent farmland wh...

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A procedure for multidisciplinary ecosystem research: with reference to the South African Savanna Ecosystem Project.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Walker, B. H. & Norton, G. A. & Conway, G. R. & Comins, H. N. & Birley, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A procedure is required for ecosystem studies which is ordered but flexible and directs workers quickly and inexpensively towards answers to key ecolo...

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Natural re-seeding and Trifolium repens demography in grazed hill pastures. II. Seedling appearance and survival.

Published online: 25 Oct 1988

Authors: Chapman, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The appearance and survival of Trifolium repens seedlings from naturally deposited seed were monitored for 3 years under different sheep grazing manag...

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Land classification for management planning in the Luangwa Valley of Zambia.

Published online: 12 Jan 1970

Authors: Astle, W. L. & Webster, R. & Lawrance, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Luangwa Valley is about 700 km long and up to 90 km wide, and contains about 15, 000 km2 of game reserves where local overgrazing and overbrowsing...

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Factors affecting the aggregation of the adult cabbage root fly (Erioischia brassicae (Bouche)) at hedges.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Hawkes, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of hedges and a lath barrier on the distribution of adults of Hylemya (Erioischia) brassicae (Bch.) in the field [cf. RAE/A60, 3692] was o...

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Litter decomposition following forest fire in northeastern Minnesota.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Grigal, D. F. & McColl, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Litter bags, containing aspen or aster leaf litter, were used to compare decomposition in burned and adjacent unburned areas in forests in northeaster...

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The introduction of native plant species on industrial waste heaps: a test of immigration and other factors affecting primary succession.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Ash, H. J. & Gemmell, R. P. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Industrial waste heaps in NW England have become colonized by interesting floras which include regionally uncommon species. However, the range of spec...

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Distribution, longevity and survival of upland hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) scrub in North Wales in relation to sheep grazing.

Published online: 20 Jul 1990

Authors: Good, J. E. G. & Bryant, R. & Carlill, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hawthorn scrub in an upland area (>150 m alt.) of North Wales was surveyed, and at three typical study sites, hawthorn occurrence was studied in re...

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