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Stomatal conductance and photosynthesis in a mature Scots pine forest. I, Diurnal, seasonal and spatial variation in shoots.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Beadle, C. L. & Neilson, R. E. & Talbot, H. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In measurements made on a 45-yr-old stand at Thetford Forest, East Anglia, UK, from Mar. to Oct. 1976, shoot conductance declined during the day as wa...

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Canopy radiative transfer models for spherical and known leaf inclination angle distributions: a test in an oak-hickory forest.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Baldocchi, D. D. & Hutchison, B. A. & Matt, D. R. & McMillen, R. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two models were tested against solar radiation data from a fully-leaved Quercus/Carya forest near Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Vertical profiles of sola...

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Cycling of fluoride in a mangrove community near a fluoride emission source.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Murray, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A comparison of stands of immature (15 yr old) Avicennia marina growing near a fluoride chemical installation and a relatively unpolluted area showed ...

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Fire behaviour in South African fynbos (macchia) vegetation and predictions from Rothermel's fire model.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Wilgen, B. W. van & Maitre, D. C. le & Kruger, F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a study of 14 experimental fires in tall open sclerophyllous shrubland in 2 state forests, rates of spread ranged from 0.04 to 0.89 m/s, flame leng...

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Salmonella carriage by herring gulls in the Clyde area of Scotland in relation to their feeding ecology.

Published online: 05 Feb 1987

Authors: Monaghan, P. & Shedden, C. B. & Ensor, K. & Fricker, C. R. & Girdwood, R. W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Faecal examination of 2985 Larus argentatus captured at refuse tips in the Clyde area yielded Salmonella of 23 serotypes from 9.2% of birds during the...

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Effects on growth of simulated and induced shoot pruning by Tomicus piniperda as related to carbohydrate and nitrogen dynamics in Scots pine.

Published online: 19 Jun 1986

Authors: Ericsson, A. & Hellqvist, C. & Långström, B. & Larsson, S. & Tenow, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field experiment in central Sweden, shoots of 20-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) were hand-pruned in 2 series, 1 with non-fertilized trees...

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Biomass of larval Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in relation to grazing pressures in temperate, sown pastures.

Published online: 04 Jun 1986

Authors: Roberts, R. J. & Morton, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Four years' data on the biomass of scarabaeid larvae in eighteen 1.2-ha pastures in New South Wales were obtained by a plough technique. The pastures ...

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Diurnal Lepidoptera: sensitive indicators of cultivated and abandoned grassland.

Published online: 04 Jun 1986

Authors: Erhardt, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies were made in the Tavetsch Valley in the subalpine region of central Switzerland, of the day-active Lepidoptera faunas in different types of cu...

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The dynamics of pest-parasitoid-insecticide interactions.

Published online: 04 Jun 1986

Authors: Waage, J. K. & Hassell, M. P. & Godfray, H. C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population models of host-parasite interactions are extended to include insecticide application acting in a variety of ways on pest hosts and/or their...

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A simulation model of the role of parasitoids in the population development of Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on cereals.

Published online: 04 Jun 1986

Authors: Vorley, W. T. & Wratten, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simulation model is described which demonstrates the role of parasitic Hymenoptera in influencing the numbers of the aphid Sitobion avenae on cereal...

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