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Growth, water relations and nutrition of three grassland annuals as affected by drought.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Gerakis, P. A. & Guerrero, F. P. & Williams, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

3 winter annuals were grown under glasshouse conditions to evaluate their behaviour under varying soil moisture stress and population density. The red...

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

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The mathematical models of Gardner (1960) and Cowan (1965) are developed to show that the soil matric potential at which rhizosphere resistance become...

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Diverse marsh plant communities are more consistently productive across a range of different environmental conditions through functional complementarity.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Steudel, B. & Hautier, Y. & Hector, A. & Kessler, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the influence of biodiversity on ecosystem functionality is crucial in modern ecosystem management, especially with regard to the resist...

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An analytical model for field measurement of photosynthesis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Reed, R. L. & Hamerly, E. R. & Dinger, B. E. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The model, applicable to all terrestrial plants, accounted for 90% of the variance in field measurements on Liriodendron tulipifera.

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The effect of forage structure and availability on food intake, biting rate, bite size and daily eating time of reindeer.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Trudell, J. & White, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors influencing the food intake of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) on tundra were studied using tame animals. Food intake was estimated from...

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Do graminoid and woody invaders have different effects on native plant functional groups?

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Mason, T. J. & French, K. & Lonsdale, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While there are numerous studies of impacts by individual invader species, there are few syntheses of invader impacts on plant community structure and...

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A preliminary study of the effect of differences in local climate on the early growth of some crop plants in the southern region of Uganda.

Published online: 02 Jan 1967

Authors: Huxley, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Young plants of maize and cotton grown in sand culture were kept at 1 site either during the day or night, and placed during the remainder of each day...

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Growth and water use of Lolium perenne. I. Water transport.

Published online: 07 Jul 1972

Authors: Lawlor, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water absorption and transpiration were considered in relation to the gradients of water potential between the soil and leaves of ryegrass (Lolium per...

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Growth and water use of Lolium perenne. II Plant growth.

Published online: 07 Jul 1972

Authors: Lawlor, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Lolium perenne plants leaf and root extension growth decreased by 50% when plant water potential decreased from -3 bar to -6 bar and growth stopped...

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A simple model of the relationship between plant density, plant biomass, and time.

Published online: 17 Feb 1984

Authors: Hardwick, R. C. & Andrews, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationship between the wt. of above-ground biomass/unit area (y) the number of plants/unit area and time can be expressed in terms of arbitrary ...

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