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Ecotoxicology of copper and cadmium in a contaminated grassland ecosystem. I. Soil and vegetation contamination.

Published online: 01 Oct 1987

Authors: Hunter, B. A. & Johnson, M. S. & Thompsom, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emissions of cadmium and copper from a metal refinery caused widespread contamination of soil and vegetation. Dispersal followed an exponential decay ...

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Tissue turnover within grass-clover mixed swards grazed by sheep. Methodology for calculating growth, senescence and intake fluxes.

Published online: 30 Jun 1997

Authors: Carrère, P. & Louault, F. & Soussana, J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A method for determining tissue turnover in grassland, based on non-destructive measurements of individually marked population units, is presented. Th...

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Breeding bird populations of Kentish sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) coppice in relation to age and structure of the coppice.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Fuller, R. J. & Moreton, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Annual counts were made over 10 yr in a 22-ha coppice in which all stages from freshly-cut coppice to growth >19 yr were represented. Bird species ...

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Differential survival of genetic variants in crowded populations of Phlox.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Bazzaz, F. A. & Levin, D. A. & Schmierbach, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The nature of change in genetic structure during self-thinning of crowded mixtures of Phlox drummondii genotypes was investigated with (1) 10 commerci...

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Defoliation and treading by cattle of reed Phragmites australis.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Deursen, E. J. M. van & Drost, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of cattle grazing on marked shoots of P. australis was studied on embanked sandflats of the Lauwerszeepolder, N. Netherlands in 1983-86....

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Studies on the ability of a Potamogeton pectinatus community to remove dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus compounds from lake water.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Howard-Williams, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enclosures (4.5 m3) in a dense Potamogeton pectinatus community were enriched by weekly additions of NaNO3 and KH2PO4 at four rates (max. 1000 mu g N ...

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Wealth and risk heterogeneity effects in community-based wildlife management: experimental evidence.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Carpenter, S. & Kreitmair, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Community-based conservation is a widely adopted wildlife governance approach, but questions remain about the conditions under which this form of wild...

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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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Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into the watershed management approach in Eastern Africa: discussion paper and good practices booklet.

Published online: 29 Aug 2018

Authors: Joosten, K. & Grey, S.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Climate change is predicted to have a marked effect on the agricultural sector in Eastern Africa. However, there is considerable potential to adapt to...

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Population biology of the freshwater snail Bulinus globosus in the Zimbabwe highveld.

Published online: 14 Oct 1991

Authors: Woolhouse, M. E. J. & Chandiwana, S. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The population dynamics of B. globosus were studied at 5 river sites in the Zimbabwe highveld for between 4 and 28 months. Adult snail abundance, recr...

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