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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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The pollination of onion (Allium cepa L.) to produce hybrid seed.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Williams, I. H. & Free, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Blocks of onion plants were either caged with honeybee colonies or left uncaged. Although the uncaged plants produced fewer umbels, the weight of seed...

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A preliminary study of spatial patterns in the accession of conifer litter fall.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Spain, A. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In continued work [see preceding abstract] the weight and nutrient status of litter from the four species were related to the size of the trees surrou...

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Vegetation community selection by ungulates on the Isle of Rhum. I. Food supply.

Published online: 31 Mar 1990

Authors: Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seasonal patterns of aerial biomass and biochemical composition of live graminoids, forbs, rushes, dwarf shrubs and dead plant material were exami...

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Imperfect detection in plant populations can cause misestimates of demographic rates and missed population trends: the case for Astragalus microcymbus Barneby.

Published online: 04 Apr 2025

Authors: Deprenger-Levin, M. & Dawson, C. A. & Grant, T. A. & Wunder, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stage-structured population models are widely used for plant demographic studies to assess population dynamics. Over the last several decades, there h...

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Factors affecting the performance of seedlings and ramets of invading grasses in an established ryegrass sward.

Published online: 22 Jul 1986

Authors: Howe, C. D. & Snaydon, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seedlings and 2-tiller ramets of Poa trivialis, P. annua, Agrostis stolonifera and Festuca rubra were planted into an established sward of Lolium pere...

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Temporal dynamics of plant competition in genetically diverse wheat populations in the presence and absence of stripe rust.

Published online: 19 Feb 1997

Authors: Finckh, M. R. & Mundt, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effects of disease and environment on competitive interactions among wheat genotypes were investigated. Wheat genotypes (5) were grown in up to 6 diff...

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