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Food production vs. biodiversity: comparing organic and conventional agriculture.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Gabriel, D. & Sait, S. M. & Kunin, W. E. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A substantial proportion of the global land surface is used for agricultural production. Agricultural land serves multiple societal purposes; it provi...

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Ecosystem function enhanced by combining four functional types of plant species in intensively managed grassland mixtures: a 3-year continental-scale field experiment.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Finn, J. A. & Kirwan, L. & Connolly, J. & Sebastià, M. T. & Helgadottir, A. & Baadshaug, O. H. & Bélanger, G. & Black, A. & Brophy, C. & Collins, R. P. & Čop, J. & Dalmannsdóttir, S. & Delgado, I. & Elgersma, A. & Fothergill, M. & Frankow-Lindberg, B. E. & Ghesquiere, A. & Golinska, B. & Golinski, P. & Grieu, P. & Gustavsson, A. M. & Höglind, M. & Huguenin-Elie, O. & Jørgensen, M. & Kadziuliene, Z. & Kurki, P. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A coordinated continental-scale field experiment across 31 sites was used to compare the biomass yield of monocultures and four species mixtures assoc...

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Root and shoot competition between established ryegrass and invading grass seedlings.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Snaydon, R. W. & Howe, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seeds of Poa annua, P. trivialis and Festuca rubra were sown into gaps within established Lolium perenne swards, planted in systematic pattern to give...

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Shedding light on pollination deficits: cueing into plant spectral reflectance signatures to monitor pollination delivery across landscapes.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Parry, C. & Turnbull, C. & Barter, L. M. C. & Gill, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination underlies plant yield, health and reproductive success in agricultural and natural systems worldwide. It is therefore concerning that decl...

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The relation between the date of heading of Nigerian sorghums and the duration of the growing season.

Published online: 04 Dec 1968

Authors: Curtis, D. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A variety indigenous to northern Nigeria yields best in its own locality, the time of flowering coinciding with the end of the rainy season. If the va...

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Assessing the production impacts of a large-scale conversion to organic farming in England and Wales.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Smith, L. & Jones, P. & Williams, A. & Kirk, G.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

This paper explores the implications for food production and land use of a 100% conversion to organic farming in England and Wales. The analysis uses ...

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Effects of shelter on the growth of turnips and sugar beet.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Marshall, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Swedes cv. Victory and sugar beet cv. Klein E were grown at 2 sites in S.E. England and protected by a N.-S. screen with 50% permeability; the height ...

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Senescence and death of herbage during periods of regrowth in ryegrass and red and white clover, and the effect of applied nitrogen.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Wilman, D. & Martins, V. M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Above-ground yield and the production of senescent and dead tissue were measured in perennial and Italian ryegrasses, white and red clover and in mixt...

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Pattern of distribution of Townsville stylo, annual grasses and perennial grasses in relation to soil variation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: McCown, R. L. & Murtha, G. G. & Field, J. B. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The patterns of variation of soil conditions and vegetation were mapped on a mosiac area (4 ha) of solodized-solonetz and solodic soils at Lansdown, Q...

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A comparison of yields from plots sown with a single species or a mixture of grass species.

Published online: 12 Jan 1969

Authors: Whittington, W. J. & O'brien, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A triploid meadow fescue/perennial ryegrass hybrid and the 2 parent species were grown alone or in binary mixture and subjected to management for hay ...

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