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Play biotopes put into practice-creating synergies between children and nature.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Hedblom, M. & Mårtensson, F. & Sang, Å. O. & Wiström, B. & Litsmark, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Global urbanisation reduces greenery and species richness (biodiversity) and limits opportunities for most children to gain experiences of nature. Dis...

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A maximum-minimum recorder for shallow water tables, developed for ecohydrological studies on mires.

Published online: 02 Mar 1995

Authors: Bragg, O. M. & Hulme, P. D. & Ingram, H. A. P. & Johnston, J. P. & Wilson, A. I. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A new, low-cost field instrument for determination of water levels, which records the highest and lowest levels attained between site visits, is descr...

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Defoliation and treading by cattle of reed Phragmites australis.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Deursen, E. J. M. van & Drost, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of cattle grazing on marked shoots of P. australis was studied on embanked sandflats of the Lauwerszeepolder, N. Netherlands in 1983-86....

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Land reclamation and river pollution problems in the Croal Valley caused by waste from chromate manufacture.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Breeze, V. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Waste from chromate manufacture was toxic to plants, and in mixture with 7 parts of soil to 1 of waste would not support perennial ryegrass or Agrosti...

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Analysing perceptions of nature and nature's contributions to people for a Swiss ecological infrastructure.

Published online: 31 Jan 2025

Authors: Cracco, M. & Walters, G. & Loup, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Understanding how a population perceives nature and nature's contributions to people is key to designing a society's ecological infrastructure. Narrat...

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Varietal resistance and intraspecific competition in the cowpea weevils Callosobruchus maculatus and C. chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Giga, D. P. & Smith, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) was provided with the seeds of several varieties of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) in the laboratory in the UK and was ...

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How to control pest species: application of models from the theory of island biogeography in formulating pest control strategies.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Stenseth, N. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mathematical models for birth and death processes in local populations (within a local patch), and for migration between local patches in a heterogene...

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The effect of human trampling on a sand dune ecosystem dominated by Empetrum nigrum.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Hylgaard, T. & Liddle, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of trampling was studied on the outer dune heath of Skallingen, southwest Jutland. The total number of passages and the period of time o...

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Changes in soil properties and vegetation following disturbance of Alaskan arctic tundra.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Chapin, F. S., III & Shaver, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil characteristics and vegetation were studied in vehicle tracks and adjacent undisturbed tundra along local moisture gradients at four sites in nor...

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Studies on the ability of a Potamogeton pectinatus community to remove dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus compounds from lake water.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Howard-Williams, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enclosures (4.5 m3) in a dense Potamogeton pectinatus community were enriched by weekly additions of NaNO3 and KH2PO4 at four rates (max. 1000 mu g N ...

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