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Prediction of agricultural potential from intact forest vegetation.

Published online: 12 Nov 1970

Authors: Webb, L. J. & Tracey, JG. et al

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spot-lists, totalling 870 plant species, were compiled for a set of 38 rain forest sites in eastern Australia, and for a corresponding set of near-by ...

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Connection to nature.

Published online: 09 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Seers, H. & Mughal, R. & Chatterjee, H.

Content type: Reports

This summary focuses on people's connection to nature (CTN), distinct from mere contact with nature. CTN involves an emotional bond with the natural w...

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Does capacity building make resource-dependent communities more adaptive?

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Thiault, L. & Gelcich, S. & Cinner, J. E. & Tapia-Lewin, S. & Chlous, F. & Claudet, J.

Content type: Blog

In Chile, artisanal fishing communities are currently undermined by two key stressors: poaching and market forces. Forty-two of them were surveyed to ...

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Heather burning and soil erosion on the North Yorkshire Moors.

Published online: 08 Jan 1972

Authors: Imeson, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In studies in the Hodge Beck catchment area, where Calluna vulgaris recolonizing burnt ground formed an incomplete cover there was a negative correlat...

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Eddy-correlation measurements of carbon dioxide efflux from the floor of a deciduous forest.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Baldocchi, D. D. & Verma, S. B. & Matt, D. R. & Anderson, D. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The technique seemed a promising alternative to dynamic or static chamber techniques in a cooperative study of CO2 exchange above and below a fully-le...

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Canopy photosynthesis and water-use efficiency in a deciduous forest.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Baldocchi, D. D. & Verma, S. B. & Anderson, D. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

CO2 and water vapour exchange above and below the canopy of an uneven-aged stand of oak/hickory near Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, were measured using th...

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Predicting tropical forest stand structure parameters from Fourier transform of very high-resolution remotely sensed canopy images.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Couteron, P. & Pelissier, R. & Nicolini, E. A. & Paget, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predicting stand structure parameters for tropical forests from remotely sensed data has numerous important applications, such as estimating above-gro...

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Melanism in Adalia bipunctata L.(Col., Coccinellidae) and its relationship to atmospheric pollution.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Muggleton, J. & Lonsdale, D. & Benham, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The evidence for the suggestion that smoke pollution is the main selective factor determining melanic frequencies of the polymorphic Adalia bipunctata...

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Infestation of cod (Gadus morhua L.) with larvae of codworm (Terranova decipiens Krabbe) and herringworm, Anisakis sp. (Nematoda, Ascaridata), in North Atlantic and Arctic waters.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Platt, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nearly 5,300 Gadus morhua collected from the North Atlantic and Arctic during 1971-73 were examined for larvae of Terranova decipiens and Anisakis sp....

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Wind tipping curves - assessing the anchorage and wind load of urban trees by motion monitoring.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Rust, S. & Göcke, L. & Detter, A.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

To date, the anchorage and wind load of urban trees can only be assessed in static load tests. These are complex and expensive, and the reliability of...

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