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Inducing seed dispersal by generalist frugivores: a new technique to overcome dispersal limitation in restoration.

Published online: 08 Jan 2021

Authors: Silva, W. R. & Zaniratto, C. P. & Ferreira, J. O. V. & Rigacci, E. D. B. & Oliveira, J. F. & Morandi, M. E. F. & Killing, J. G. & Nemes, L. G. & Abreu, L. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dispersal limitation severely impairs the trajectory of restoration, mainly due to the lack of seed vectors bringing seeds from nearby habitats; a rol...

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Guidance for successful tree planting initiatives.

Published online: 25 Jan 2021

Authors: Brancalion, P. H. S. & Holl, K. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A growing number of initiatives at global, regional and national scales propose to plant millions, billions or even trillions of trees as a simple sol...

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Growth and water use of Lolium perenne. 2. Plant growth.

Published online: 08 Jan 1972

Authors: Lawlor, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of decreasing water potential of the soil and plant on growth of L. perenne were studied. Leaf and root extension growth decreased by 50% ...

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Expansion of leaf area per plant in field bean (Vicia faba L.) as related to daily maximum temperature.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Bull, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Relative rate of increase of leaf area per plant was measured in field beans during May-Aug. 1966. In the early stages of growth, until LAI reached ab...

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Look again: revising ideas about the greening of Alaska's Arctic tundra.

Published online: 07 Jun 2017

Authors: Koch, G.

Content type: Bulletin

Alaska's Arctic tundra is one of the most rapidly warming regions in the world. For years, scientists have been working to interpret the effects of it...

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A comparison of British and North African varieties of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). 4. Tiller production in single plants.

Published online: 12 Jan 1969

Authors: Robson, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spaced plants of S170 and the 2 synthetic North African tall fescue varieties Syn I and Syn II were grown in the open during Apr-Dec. 1962. Tillers we...

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Climatic variation in forage grasses. I. Leaf development in climatic races of Lolium and Dactylis.

Published online: 03 Dec 1965

Authors: Cooper, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of leaf expansion, under various light and temperature régimes, were studied in races of L. perenne and D. glomerata representing the climati...

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Population trends of common British butterflies at monitored sites.

Published online: 13 Apr 1995

Authors: Pollard, E. & Moss, D. & Yates, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In recent decades, many of the common and widespread butterflies in Britain which do not already occupy the whole of the country have expanded in rang...

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A comparison of British and North African varieties of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) IV. Tiller production in single plants.

Published online: 16 Dec 1969

Authors: Robson, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spaced plants of the British S170 and the north African Syn I and Syn II were grown in the open from April to December 1962. Initially the north Afric...

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Controlling the spread of plant invasions: The importance of nascent foci.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Moody, M. E. & Mack, R. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simple geometric model for one-time control was expanded to incorporate more realistic aspects of invasion and used to evaluate the spatial growth o...

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