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Evaporation from a Themeda grassland. 2. Resistance model of plant evaporation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Dunin, F. X. & Aston, A. R. & Reyenga, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model, incorporating resistances to water vapour transport, was developed to account for controls on grassland evaporation in S. Tablelands region o...

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Growth of seedlings of Afrormosia elata Harms in relation to light intensity.

Published online: 08 Nov 1971

Authors: Ampofo, S. T. & Lawson, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study of the growth and development of A. elata seedlings, grown for six months under full sunlight, or under 18% or 7% of full sunlight, at Legon, ...

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Water use by Irrigated cotton in Sudan. 1. Reflection of short-wave radiation.

Published online: 15 Jul 1968

Authors: Rijks, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As the crop developed and the sun's declination changed, mean values per day of the reflection coefficient increased from 0.15-0.23. After rain or irr...

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Seasonal changes in photosynthesis of tea (Camellia sinensis L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Squire, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal changes in the photosynthesis of tea were measured with a 14C technique during two years in Malawi. Photosynthesis did not decrease at the be...

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A nutrient index quantifying productivity of agaves and cacti.

Published online: 16 Mar 1991

Authors: Nobel, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant productivity is influenced by water status, temperature, and photosynthetically active radiation, the effects of which provide an environmental ...

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Accumulation and biota in a pioneer ecosystem of kudzu vine at Copperhill, Tennessee.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Witkamp, M. & Frank, M. L. & Shoopman, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1-yr-old seedlings of Pueraria lobata were planted in 1955 about 1.5 m apart along a long cultivated strip 2.5 m wide on denuded soil and given NPK in...

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Analysis of desert plant community growth patterns with high temporal resolution satellite spectra.

Published online: 30 Jun 1997

Authors: Peters, A. J. & Eve, M. D. & Holt, E. H. & Whitford, W. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The study of a desert landscape consisting of C3 shrublands and C4 grasslands demonstrated the feasibility of mapping desertification processes on a r...

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Instrument for measuring temperature, photosynthetically active radiation and daylength and temperature in coppice.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Mitchell, P. L. & Woodward, F. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An electronic instrument is described and measurements given for Castanea sativa coppice at five sites in Sussex, UK, covering the first to tenth seas...

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Melanism in Adalia bipunctata L.(Col., Coccinellidae) and its relationship to atmospheric pollution.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Muggleton, J. & Lonsdale, D. & Benham, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The evidence for the suggestion that smoke pollution is the main selective factor determining melanic frequencies of the polymorphic Adalia bipunctata...

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Stand structure and light penetration. 3. Sunlit foliage area.

Published online: 02 Jan 1967

Authors: Wilson, J. Warren.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The foliage areas exposed to direct sunlight, or shaded from it by other foliage, can be calculated for any particular foliage-area index given the in...

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