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The effects of temperature upon seed germination in Festuca pratensis var. apennina.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Linnington, S. & Bean, E. W. & Tyler, B. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of temp. on seed dormancy and germination were studied in 11 populations of tetraploid F. pratensis var. apennina from the Italian Alps an...

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The prediction and measurement of photosynthetic rate of Spartina townsendii (sensu lato) in the field.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Long, S. P. & Incoll, L. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simple model was constructed which predicted the rates of leaf photosynthesis (Fc) of the temperate C4 species S. townsendii, in the field, from the...

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Effects of water supply on partitioning of dry matter between roots and shoots in Lolium perenne.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Gales, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When perennial ryegrass plants were subjected to 1 cycle of soil drying, to repeated cycles of drying, or when they were grown in dry soils, the RGR o...

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Studies on polyphagous predators of cereal aphids.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Edwards, C. A. & Sunderland, K. D. & George, K. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were done in England in fields of winter wheat at North Farm, West Sussex, and at Rothamsted in 1978 to investigate the effect of predatio...

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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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