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A physiological and mathematical study of the growth and productivity of a Calluna-Sphagnum community. 2. Light interception and photosynthesis in Calluna.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Grace, J. & Woolhouse, H. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Light interception by a reconstructed canopy of Calluna vulgaris was recalculated on the basis of total skylight and equations developed to estimate i...

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Vertical gradients of water potential and tissue water relations in Sitka Spruce trees measured with the pressure chamber.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Hellkvist, J. & Richards, G. P. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reports a study in 1970-71 on 23-year-old trees of Picea sitchensis growing on a NE-facing slope at Fetteresso Forest, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in w...

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Studies on the water relations of Pinus sylvestris in plantation conditions. IV. Direct observations on the rates of transpiration, evaporation of intercepted water, and evaporation from the soil surface.

Published online: 11 Dec 1966

Authors: Rutter, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

cf. F.A. 27 No. 106.] The total evaporation from a plantation of Pinus sylvestris at Crowthorne, Berkshire, was estimated on 44 randomly chosen sample...

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Structure and photosynthesis of wheat communities.

Published online: 19 Dec 1972

Authors: Connor, D. J. & Cartledge, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are given on daily net photosynthesis (determined gasometrically using a field-chamber technique), solar radiation, canopy structure and foliage ...

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Short note: an instrument for measuring the transmission of short wave radiation by crop canopies.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Williams, B. A. & Austin, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A new instrument, which is portable, easy to use and gives an immediate digital display of percentage transmission, for measuring the percentage trans...

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Wind profiles in plant canopies: studies on an analytical model.

Published online: 06 Nov 1971

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & James, G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Discusses the theory of canopy flow models, and gives wind profiles measured at various heights in an unthinned stand of Sitka Spruce in Scotland, and...

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Forest stand dynamics of a short-stature tree species: ecological knowledge for sustainable forest management.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Fajardo, A. & Moreno-Meynard, P. & Soto, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Worldwide, the implementation of forest management guidelines has tried to mimic natural forest dynamics. The Oliver forest stand dynamics model has b...

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Wind profiles in plant canopies: studies on an analytical model.

Published online: 08 Jan 1972

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & James, G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An equation is given which gives valid estimates of wind profiles in crops of maize and Vicia faba where foliage distribution is reasonably uniform. R...

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Ecophysiology of tropical dry evergreen forest, Thailand: measured and modelled stomatal conductance of Hopea ferrea, a dominant canopy emergent.

Published online: 19 May 1997

Authors: Pitman, J. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The diurnal variation in leaf stomatal conductance of 3 canopy emergent trees (Hopea ferrea) was measured on 13 days over a 6-wk period (August-Septem...

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Photosynthesis by grapevine canopies.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Smart, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A new field technique to estimate photosynthesis is described. It relies on describing direct and diffused light fluxes within the canopy, and photosy...

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