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Impacts of tsetse control and land-use on vegetative structure and tree species composition in south-western Ethiopia.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Reid, R. S. & Wilson, C. J. & Kruska, R. L. & Mulatu, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

More effective control of the tsetse fly in Africa will reduce constraints imposed by the livestock disease, trypanosomiasis. Trypanosomiasis lowers l...

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The effects of trees on their physical, chemical, and biological environments in a semi-arid savanna in Kenya.

Published online: 21 May 1990

Authors: Belsky, A. J. & Amundson, R. G. & Duxbury, J. M. & Riha, S. J. & Ali, A. R. & Mwonga, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Isolated mature trees of Acacia tortilis and Adansonia digitata in Tsavo National Park were studied for herbaceous-layer composition and productivity,...

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Plant uptake of radiocaesium on heather moorland grazed by sheep.

Published online: 12 Jun 1993

Authors: Salt, C. A. & Mayes, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A hill pasture on an iron podzol in NE Scotland comprising areas of heather-dominated vegetation and Deschampsia flexuosa grassland was grazed by shee...

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Calcium and magnesium in plants and soil from a serpentine area on Unst, Shetland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Shewry, P. R. & Peterson, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soils derived from serpentine rock (including those developed on spoil heaps around chromite mines) on Unst, Shetland are similar in calcium and magne...

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Long-term enhancement of agricultural production by restoration of biodiversity.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Bullock, J. M. & Pywell, R. F. & Walker, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experimental manipulations have shown positive impacts of increased species richness on ecosystem productivity, but there remain some questions about ...

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Effects of vegetation management and raising the water table on nutrient dynamics and vegetation change in a wet grassland.

Published online: 18 Sep 1996

Authors: Oomes, M. J. M. & Olff, H. & Altena, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The results of a restoration experiment carried out on a permanent grassland on peaty, heavy clay in the Netherlands are described. The experiment sta...

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Small-scale heterogeneity in a semi-arid North American grassland. I. Tillering, N uptake and retranslocation in simulated urine patches.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Jaramillo, V. J. & Detling, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In trials on native semiarid grassland at Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1986-87, the response of Agropyron smithii [Elymus smithii] and Bouteloua gracilis to s...

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Chemical variation and vegetation distribution on a coal waste tip.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Kimber, A. J. & Pulford, I. D. & Duncan, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Colliery waste on a regraded Scottish tip was classified as 'burnt' and 'unburnt', and the latter subdivided into 'pre-acid' or 'acid' on the basis of...

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Comparison of the nutrient contents of the principal forage plants utilized by lesser snow geese on summer breeding grounds.

Published online: 25 Jun 1995

Authors: Gadallah, F. L. & Jefferies, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nutritional contents of preferred and alternative forage species at La Pérouse Bay, Manitoba were determined, and these values were compared with the ...

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The effects of removing sheep grazing on soil chemistry, above-ground nutrient distribution, and selected aspects of soil fertility in long-term experiments at Moor House National Nature Reserve.

Published online: 16 Mar 1991

Authors: Marrs, R. H. & Rizand, A. & Harrison, A. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The long term effects of sheep grazing were investigated by comparing soil chemistry, the distribution of nutrients in vegetation and the nutrient sup...

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