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The effect of DDT contamination on the productivity of a cultivated forest soil in the sub-humid tropics.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Perfect, T. J. & Cook, A. G. & Critchley, B. R. & Critchley, U. & Davies, A. L. & Swift, M. J. & Russell-Smith, A. & Yeadon, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed yields of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) were assessed in each of two annual growing seasons over the 4-year period 1973 to 1976 in experimental plot...

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Variation in wing length of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta in East Africa during 1973-74.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Aidley, D. J. & Lubega, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wing lengths of nearly 6000 Spodoptera exempta (Wlk.) adults were measured in samples caught at light-traps at various sites in East Africa between De...

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Responses of grassland invertebrates to management by cutting. II. Heteroptera.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adult Heteroptera were sampled regularly in 1973-75 in experimental plots of Arrhenatherum-dominated calcareous grassland in Cambridgeshire, UK. The e...

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Sampling methods and construction of life tables for Sitona humeralis populations (Col., Curculionidae) in Mediterranean climatic areas.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Aeschlimann, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Criteria for selecting sites are described and the various sampling, rearing and identification techniques used to investigate field populations of Si...

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Density dependent mortality of the tick, Boophilus microplus, on cattle - further observations.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Sutherst, R. W. & Utech, K. B. W. & Kerr, J. D. & Wharton, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The value of the density dependent term c in the equation M=aLc relating the number of maturing females (M) of Boophilus microplus (Can.) to the numbe...

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An analysis of management strategies for cattle tick (Boophilus microplus) control in Australia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Sutherst, R. W. & Norton, G. A. & Barlow, N. D. & Conway, G. R. & Birley, M. & Comins, H. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The performance of three control methods for Boophilus microplus (Can.) in Australia, acaricides, pasture spelling and tick resistant cattle, was asse...

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Recovery of orange trees following severe water stress.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Fereres, E. & Cruz-Romero, G. & Hoffman, G. J. & Rawlins, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Twelve-year old cv. Valencia orange trees were subjected to a single water stress, under field conditions at Tacna, Arizona, inducing leaf water poten...

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Ecological fitness of Senecio vulgaris and Amaranthus retroflexus biotypes susceptible or resistant to atrazine.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Conard, S. G. & Radosevich, S. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Atrazine-resistant or -susceptible biotypes of Senecio vulgaris and Amaranthus retroflexus were compared with regard to DM production, resource alloca...

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Periodicity of seedling emergence and seed survival in some Umbelliferae.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Roberts, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ten species of Umbelliferae were examined with regard to the time of year at which seedlings emerged and the survival of seeds in cultivated soil. The...

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Red grouse populations on experimentally treated and untreated Irish bog.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Watson, A. & O'Hare, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

On flat bog with deep peat where heather (Calluna vulgaris), the principal food of the birds, was scarce application of superphosphate, or ground mine...

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