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Productivity and plasticity of wheat and Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. in pure and mixed stands.

Published online: 07 Sep 1972

Authors: Ramakrishnan, P. S. & Kumar, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wheat and C. dactylon grown in pure stands at various densities up to 3200 plants/m2 responded to density stress by extreme plasticity but not mortali...

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Barriers to tree seedling emergence on human-induced grasslands in Sri Lanka.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Gunaratne, A. M. T. A. & Gunatilleke, C. V. S. & Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. & Weerasinghe, H. M. S. P. M. & Burslem, D. F. R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Colonization by woody plants is often very slow or absent on grasslands occupying degraded land in the tropics. Seed dispersal limitation is widely re...

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Shared use of a mass-flowering crop drives dietary niche overlap between managed honeybees and bumblebees.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Bernhardsson, O. & Kendall, L. & Olsson, O. & Olsson, P. & Smith, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource competition between wild pollinators and managed honeybees (Apis mellifera) has the potential to detrimentally impact insect biodiversity as ...

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Interspecific competition and frequency changes among ants in Solomon Islands coconut plantations.

Published online: 29 Jun 1972

Authors: Greenslade, P. J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary of this account of investigations on Guadalcanal (Solomon Is.) based on observations by the author and...

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Biological control of Scotch broom: modelling the determinants of abundance and the potential impact of introduced insect herbivores.

Published online: 08 Jan 1998

Authors: Rees, M. & Paynter, Q.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Simulation and analytical models were developed for the European shrub, Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius. The simulation model is spatially explicit and...

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Biodiversity effects on grape quality depend on variety and management intensity.

Published online: 04 Aug 2021

Authors: Steiner, M. & Grace, J. B. & Bacher, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interactions between plants can be beneficial, detrimental or neutral. In agricultural systems, competition between crop and spontaneous vegetation is...

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The maintenance of the ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Majer, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The factors that maintain the mosaic distribution pattern of dominant ants in cacao plantations in Ghana were investigated in a series of observations...

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Variation in yield among competing individuals within mixed genotype stands of tea: a selection problem.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Cannell, M. G. R. & Njuguna, C. K. & Ford, E. D. & Smith, R. & Ross-Parker, H. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The procedure adopted in an attempt to identify bushes which would produce high-yielding clones is described. In a six-month study in Kericho, Kenya, ...

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Understorey removal effects on tree regeneration in temperate forests: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 04 Mar 2021

Authors: Lombaerde, E. de & Baeten, L. & Verheyen, K. & Perring, M. P. & Ma ShiYu & Landuyt, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The unwanted development of dense understorey vegetation composed of resource-acquisitive, tall plant species competing strongly with tree regeneratio...

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Competition effects in juvenile jack pine and aspen as influenced by density and species ratios.

Published online: 11 Apr 1989

Authors: Farmer, R. E. & Morris, D. M. & Weaver, K. B. & Garlick, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were made in Ontario, Canada, over 12 wk in a greenhouse and 3 yr in the field with different proportions (100; 75/25; 50/50; 25/75; 100) ...

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