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The foliage-light product, a measure for assessing orchard canopies, and its relation to the yields of three apple varieties trained to three forms.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Maggs, D. H. & Alexander, D. McE.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The foliage-light product (FLP) is proposed as a simple and rapid means of assessing management systems of orchard trees by combining the two importan...

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Aboveground biomass of understorey and overstorey in an age sequence of four Douglas-Fir stands.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Long, J. N. & Turner, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimates for various components of above-ground biomass are presented for naturally regenerated stands of Pseudotsuga menziesii, 22, 30, 42 and 73 ye...

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The precision and repeatability of a leaf biomass sampling technique for mixed hardwood stands.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Lloyd, F. T. & Olson, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reports a study in which four unmanaged, even-aged stands of second-growth mixed hardwoods 67-97 years old, dominated by Quercus spp., near Asheville,...

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Fire variability, as well as frequency, can explain coexistence between seeder and resprouter life histories.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Tucker, C. M. & Cadotte, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies in fire-prone Mediterranean ecosystems have repeatedly shown that the mean values of fire regimes (particularly frequency, but also size and i...

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Environment Act Habitat Target - Definitions and Descriptions [version 1].

Published online: 29 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Hall, R. & Jones, R. & Hurford, L. & Edwards, J.

Content type: Reports

This paper was prepared jointly by Defra and Natural England, and sets out how the habitat targets will be defined and measured. This information serv...

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Photosynthetic and respiratory exchanges of carbon dioxide by leaves of the grain amaranth.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: El-sharkawy, M. A. & Loomis, R. S. & Williams, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The maximum rate of apparent photosynthesis in recently expanded leaves of unshaded Amaranthus edulis plants at 310 ppm. CO2 and 7500 f.c. was 55 ± 5 ...

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Effect of couch grass and grass cultivars on competition between timothy and red clover.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Frankow-Lindberg, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phleum pratense cv. Vanadis, Saga and Alma were grown with Trifolium pratense in an outdoor pot experiment in replacement series with or without the a...

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Resistance to water flow in soil and plant. 1. Soil resistance in relation to amounts of root: theoretical estimates.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are presented for a range of species including perennial grasses, white clover, lucerne, cereals and soyabeans on the length of roots per unit ar...

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Site susceptibility, population development and dispersal of the pine beauty moth in a lodgepole pine forest in northern Scotland.

Published online: 16 Dec 1989

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Leather, S. R. & Stoakley, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data for Panolis flammea in a Pinus contorta forest for 1977-84 did not support the hypothesis that part of the forest was intrinsically more suscepti...

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Differing priorities explain why some people profit from an alien invader, while others lose out.

Published online: 27 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Linders, T. E. W. & Schaffner, U. & Alamirew, T. & Allan, E. & Choge, S. K. & Eschen, R. & Shiferaw, H. & Manning, P.

Content type: Blog

This paper describes the impact of the invasive tree, Prosopis juliflora, on the supply of ecosystem services. Prosopis significantly increased the su...

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