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Transpiration of trees in a tropical rainforest.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Jordan, C. F. & Kline, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The tritium method was used to measure the transpiration of 20 trees in a rain forest in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela. Transpiration rates ranged...

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Exotic eucalypts: from demonized trees to allies of tropical forest restoration?

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Brancalion, P. H. S. & Amazonas, N. T. & Chazdon, R. L. & Melis, J. van & Rodrigues, R. R. & Silva, C. C. & Sorrini, T. B. & Holl, K. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

International forest landscape restoration commitments have promoted the restoration of millions of hectares of degraded and deforested lands globally...

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Modelling growth and optimal rotations of tropical multipurpose trees using unit leaf rate and leaf area index.

Published online: 21 Mar 1992

Authors: Fownes, J. H. & Harrington, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Theoretical analysis of a simple model, in which tree growth in even-aged stands is calculated as the product of unit leaf rate (E, increase in plant ...

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Structure and conservation of Sri Lankan land-snail assemblages in fragmented lowland rainforest and village home gardens.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Raheem, D. C. & Naggs, F. & Preece, R. C. & Mapatuna, Y. & Kariyawasam, L. & Eggleton, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modified habitats have a profound impact on the biota of fragmented tropical forests. We investigated the structure of land-snail assemblages in Sri L...

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Nitrogen mineralization, microbial biomass and crop yield as affected by wheat residue placement and fertilizer in a semi-arid tropical soil with minimum tillage.

Published online: 22 Sep 1995

Authors: Hema Singh

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of wheat residue placement and chemical fertilizer on microbial biomass, N-mineralization and crop yield were examined in a fallow-rice cv...

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Fire-induced negative nutritional outcomes for cattle when sharing habitat with native ungulates in an African savanna.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Odadi, W. O. & Kimuyu, D. M. & Sensenig, R. L. & Veblen, K. E. & Riginos, C. & Young, T. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Prescribed burning is used in tropical savannas to improve habitat conditions for domestic and wild herbivores, but its effects on the ecological inte...

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Fire and biodiversity: responses of grass-layer beetles to experimental fire regimes in an Australian tropical savanna.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Orgeas, J. & Andersen, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Up to 50% or more of the savanna landscapes of northern Australia are burnt each year, but the effects of these fires on savanna faunas are poorly kno...

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Radiation interception and growth of planted and coppice stands of four fast-growing tropical trees.

Published online: 01 Apr 1995

Authors: Harrington, R. A. & Fownes, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To test whether coppice regrowth of short-rotation tropical trees had a higher growth per unit of intercepted radiation than the original planted stan...

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Hurricane Sandy impacts on coastal wetland resilience.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Cahoon, D. R. & Olker, J. H. & Yeates, A. G. & Guntenspergen, G. R. & Grace, J. B. & Adamowicz, S. C. & Anisfeld, S. C. & Baldwin, A. H. & Barrett, N. & Beckett, L. & Benzecry, A. & Blum, L. K. & Burdick, D. M. & Crouch, W. & Ekberg, M. C. & Fernald, S. & Grimes, K. W. & Grzyb, J. & Hartig, E. K. & Kreeger, D. A. & Larson, M. & Lerberg, S. & Lynch, J. C. & Maher, N. & Maxwell-Doyle, M. & Mitchell, L. R. (et al)

Content type: Bulletin

The goal of this research was to evaluate the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on surface elevation trends in estuarine marshes located across the northeast...

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Productivity and nutrient cycling in recently harvested and mature bamboo savannas in the dry tropics.

Published online: 26 Jan 1995

Authors: Tripathi, S. K. & Singh, K. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are presented for net productivity and nutrient (N, P, Ca, K and Na) dynamics in mature (5-year-old, harvested in 1982) and more recently harvest...

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