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

Published online: 28 Oct 1968

Authors: Bull, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative rate of increase of leaf area per plant was measured in Vicia faba from May to August. In the early stages of growth, until the leaf area...

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Oviposition by frit fly, Oscinella frit, on young ryegrass seedlings.

Published online: 22 Jul 1985

Authors: Mowat, D. J. & Jess, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In laboratory experiments, oviposition by females of Oscinella frit at high population densities was negligible on single-leaved seedlings of ryegrass...

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What limits predation rates by the specialist seed-feeder Penthobruchus germaini on an invasive shrub?

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Klinken, R. D. van & Flack, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Specialist seed-feeders are widely used in weed biological control, but seed predation rates are frequently insufficient to cause the required impacts...

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Arctic migrating barnacle geese utilize accommodation fields in a new agricultural staging area.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Seltmann, M. W. & Ylitalo, A. K. & Piironen, A. & Store, R. & Heikkinen, J. & Heim, W. & Piha, M. & Seimola, T. & Laaksonen, T. & Forsman, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The recovery of threatened species after conservation measures can lead to human-wildlife conflicts. One example of such is the recent population grow...

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Predicting the dosage of fumigant needed to eradicate insect pests from stored products.

Published online: 02 Jul 1969

Authors: Howe, R. W. & Hole, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the authors' summary of this account of laboratory investigations in Britain. Samples of wheat weighing 10 g and containing...

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Escaping social-ecological traps through ecological restoration and socioeconomic development in China's Loess Plateau.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Wang ZhuangZhuang & Fu BoJie & Wu XuTong & Li YingJie & Wang Shuai & Lu Nan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The social-ecological trap is an emerging concept that describes situations in which self-reinforcing social and ecological feedbacks maintain or push...

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Seed predation is key to preventing population growth of the weed Alopecurus myosuroides.

Published online: 05 Mar 2022

Authors: Daouti, E. & Jonsson, M. & Vico, G. & Menegat, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed predation can reduce the abundance and spread of unwanted vegetation in agricultural and other semi-natural ecosystems. However, knowledge of how...

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Using soil amendments and plant functional traits to select native tropical dry forest species for the restoration of degraded Vertisols.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Werden, L. K. & Alvarado J., P. & Zarges, S. & Calderón M., E. & Schilling, E. M. & Gutiérrez L., M. & Powers, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical dry forests (TDFs) are critically endangered, and their restoration is understudied. Large-scale passive restoration efforts in north-west (N...

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Effects of the triazine-resistance mutation on fitness in Amaranthus hybridus (smooth pigweed).

Published online: 17 May 1996

Authors: Jordan, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fitness costs of maternally inherited triazine resistance were estimated in populations of Amaranthus hybridus (smooth pigweed) from Maryland and Virg...

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