Search

All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.

Filter by...

Showing 8,204 results

Solar radiation for plant growth.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Szeicz, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Analysis of theoretical calculations and experimental measurements showed that the photosynthetically useful fraction of the solar spectrum for total ...

Read more

A dynamic programming approach to optimal grazing strategies using a succession model for a tropical grassland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Swartzman, G. L. & Singh, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant cover data collected at Varanasi, India, for 2 successive years in pastures at different grazing intensities were used to formulate a simulated ...

Read more

Habitats as recording units in ecological survey: a field trial in Caernarvonshire, North Wales.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Buse, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The occurrence of 46 types of habitat in Caernarvonshire was recorded in terms of percentage occurrence and percentage cover within defined areas and ...

Read more

Further experiments on the management of saltings pasture for wigeon (Anas penelope L.) conservation at Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve, Somerset.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Cadwalladr, D. A. & Morley, J. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Counts of wigeon droppings on plots of Puccinellia maritima/Agrostis stolonifera and of mown and unmown Festuca rubra on the salt marsh on Fennings Is...

Read more

A physiological and mathematical study of growth and productivity of a Calluna-Sphagnum community. 4. A model of growing Calluna.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Grace, J. & Woolhouse, H. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model to generate growth curves and production estimates for Calluna vulgaris at Moor House National Nature Reserve (in N. England at 560 m alt.) is...

Read more

The effect of temperature on the growth of S170 tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). 3. Leaf growth and tiller production as affected by transfer between contrasting regimes.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Robson, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rates of leaf growth and tiller production were compared in plants of tall fescue cv. S170 grown continuously at (a) alternating 20/10 deg C, (b) alte...

Read more

Ecosystem irrigation as a means of groundwater recharge and water quality improvement.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Chadwick, M. J. & Edworthy, K. J. & Rush, D. & Williams, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural heath vegetation consisting mainly of Deschampsia flexuosa, Holcus mollis, Agrostis canina, Pteridium aquilinum and Chamaenerion angustif...

Read more

Forest cover as a solar camera: penumbral effects in plant canopies.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Anderson, M. C. & Miller, E. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Presents photos taken during and after a solar eclipse in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, on 10th July 1972, giving examples of solar images un...

Read more

Trampling effects on vegetation of the trail corridors of north Rocky Mountain forests.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Dale, D. & Weaver, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes studies made in forests dominated by Abies lasiocarpa, Pinus albicaulis, Pinus contorta or Pseudotsuga menziesii, in central Montana and Wyo...

Read more

Vertical gradients of water potential and tissue water relations in Sitka Spruce trees measured with the pressure chamber.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Hellkvist, J. & Richards, G. P. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reports a study in 1970-71 on 23-year-old trees of Picea sitchensis growing on a NE-facing slope at Fetteresso Forest, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in w...

Read more