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A three-dimensional wet sieve for extracting Tipulidae (Diptera) larvae from pasture soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Stewart, K. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This apparatus utilized an array of rods to remove vegetation; larvae were then separated from the soil/stones fraction by flotation in saturated brin...

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Factor analysis in botanical methods of exploration.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Yates, T. E. & Brooks, R. R. & Boswell, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

By means of factor analysis of concentrations of Cu and Zn in soil and of Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn in vegetation, the relationships between biogeochemistry, ...

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Transpiration of trees in a tropical rainforest.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Jordan, C. F. & Kline, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The tritium method was used to measure the transpiration of 20 trees in a rain forest in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela. Transpiration rates ranged...

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Seed banks and propagule dispersal in crested wheatgrass stands.

Published online: 22 Jul 1986

Authors: Marlette, G. M. & Anderson, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

4 sites in SE Idaho previously sown to Agropyron cristatum were compared with adjacent native plant communities. Sites 1 and 2 were essentially monocu...

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A reconnaissance of the land resources of eastern Bechuanaland.

Published online: 15 Jan 1966

Authors: Bawden, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tabular data are given on landform, soil, vegetation and 9 categories of agricultural potential for 52 areas indicated on a map of the survey region.-...

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Conservation of vascular plants in single large and several small mires: species richness, rarity and taxonomic diversity.

Published online: 26 May 1999

Authors: Virolainen, K. M. & Suomi, T. & Suhonen, J. & Kuitunen, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was conducted during 1994-95 in Finland within a 1600 ha area containing patchy boreal spruce (Picea abies) and pine (Pinus sylvestris) mire h...

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Environmental reserve quotas in Brazil's new forest legislation: an ex ante appraisal.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: May, P. H. & Bernasconi, P. & Wunder, S. & Lubowski, R.

Content type: Bulletin

The Brazilian Forest Code (FC) requires all private rural properties to maintain a fixed proportion of their area in natural vegetation as a legal res...

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The importance of wetland margin microhabitat mosaics; the case of shorebirds and thermoregulation.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Ryeland, J. & Weston, M. A. & Symonds, M. R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wetlands, and the species that rely upon them, are under significant threat world-wide, with wetlands often being completely removed or drastically al...

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The use of fractals to assess the ecological impact of increased cattle population: case study from the Runde Communal Land, Zimbabwe.

Published online: 16 Jan 1993

Authors: Meltzer, M. I. & Hastings, H. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A methodology that mathematically measures the stability of patches of vegetation identified from remotely sensed data is presented. The methodology w...

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The radiation and energy balances of coniferous and deciduous forests.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Tajchman, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a method of evaluating profile measurements above a vegetation cover in order to calculate its energy balance. The equations given by the ae...

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