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Variation in yield among competing individuals within mixed genotype stands of tea: a selection problem.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Cannell, M. G. R. & Njuguna, C. K. & Ford, E. D. & Smith, R. & Ross-Parker, H. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The procedure adopted in an attempt to identify bushes which would produce high-yielding clones is described. In a six-month study in Kericho, Kenya, ...

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A woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding preference explained by a digestive bottle-neck.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Kenward, R. E. & Sibly, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woodpigeons (Columba palumbus) foraging on Brassica sites in England spent about 50% of their time resting. They tended to move from Brassica to clove...

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The ecology of the Wash. 3. Density-related behaviour and the possible effects of a loss of feeding grounds on wading birds (Charadrii).

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Goss-Custard, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

3. Responses of knots (Calidris canutus) and oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) to their own density and to that of their prey, and the impact of ...

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The ecology of the Wash. 2. Seasonal variation in the feeding conditions of wading birds (Charadrii).

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Goss-Custard, J. D. & Jenyon, R. A. & Jones, R. E. & Newbery, P. E. & Williams, R. Le B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

2. Studies of feeding routine during daylight showed that in winter waders generally spent least time in the roosts at high water and fed for the grea...

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The ecology of the Wash. 1. Distribution and diet of wading birds (Charadrii).

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Goss-Custard, J. D. & Jones, R. E. & Newbery, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Diet and the main feeding areas of wading birds on the Wash were surveyed during August to May in 1972-73 and 1973-74. The most important species o...

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Diet and the condition and growth of elephants in Uganda.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Malpas, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the Rwenzori and Kabalega Falls National Parks, in the latter north and south of the Victoria Nile, 243 elephants were culled as family units at 2 ...

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Short note: an instrument for measuring the transmission of short wave radiation by crop canopies.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Williams, B. A. & Austin, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A new instrument, which is portable, easy to use and gives an immediate digital display of percentage transmission, for measuring the percentage trans...

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Plant growth-analysis: further applications of a recent curve-fitting program.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Hunt, R. & Parsons, I. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The authors had earlier [see HbA 44, 3551] described a computer program in which plant growth-analysis quantities of the general form (1/Y)(dY/dX), Z/...

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The growth responses of Lolium perenne to the weather during winter and spring at various altitudes in mid-Wales.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Thomas, H. & Norris, I. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seasonal growth patterns of micro-swards of a single genotype of perennial ryegrass cv. S23 were studied at 4 sites at various alt. in mid-Wales o...

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The development of a hydraulic seeding technique for unstable sand slopes. 1. Effects of fertilizers, mulches and stabilizers.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Sheldon, J. C. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hydraulic sowing is used to establish vegetation on steep slopes, but the technique is not reliable. The effects of individual components of the techn...

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