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Bush-control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. IV. Effects of controlled burning on secondary thicket in upland Acacia woodland.

Published online: 27 Nov 1967

Authors: Thomas, D. B. & Pratt, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Observations on two burning regimes during a 3-year period in Machakos district (5200 ft. alt., rainfall 25 in./year) showed that these thickets can b...

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The ecology of Acacia albida on mantle soils in Zalingei, Jebel Marra, [western] Sudan.

Published online: 27 Nov 1967

Authors: Radwanski, S. A. & Wickens, G. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A. albida, which grows along seasonal watercourses in this region, flushes and flowers at the beginning of the dry season and is leafless during the r...

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A factor toxic to seedlings of the same species associated with living roots of the non-gregarious subtropical rain forest tree Grevillea robusta.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Webb, L. J. & Tracey, J. G. & Haydock, K. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monocultures of Grevillea robusta, a non-gregarious species, grow poorly in South Queensland where the tree occurs naturally. In G. robusta plantation...

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A study of the ecology of Acacia metllifera, A. seyal and Balanites aegyptiaca in relation to land-clearing.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Adams, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two different vegetation communities, Acacia mellifera bushland and associated grassland in a drier, more northerly zone, and A. seyall Balanites aegy...

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World resources of Spartina townsendii (sensu lato) and economic use of Spartina marshland.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Ranwell, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are given on areas of S. townsendii salt marsh, yields, palatability, digestibility and methods of utilization.-R.B....

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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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A comparison between productivity in forest and savanna in Africa.

Published online: 14 Dec 1966

Authors: Hopkins, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gives estimates of net primary productivity derived from studies of (1) a forest (climatic climax) site and (2) a savanna (fire climax) site in Nigeri...

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Wood production in tropical rain forest.

Published online: 14 Dec 1966

Authors: Dawkins, H. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Suggests that it is possible to calculate the plant or community phytomass from analysis of forestry sample-plot data of Derbholz (above-ground wood &...

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A factor toxic to seedlings of the same species associated with living roots of the non-gregarious subtropical rain forest tree Grevillea robusta.

Published online: 14 Dec 1966

Authors: Webb, L. J. & Tracey, J. G. & Haydock, K. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monocultures of G. robusta, a non-gregarious timber species of subtropical rain forest, grow poorly in S. Queensland, where the tree occurs naturally....

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Studies on the water relations of Pinus sylvestris in plantation conditions. V. Responses to variations in soil water conditions.

Published online: 14 Dec 1966

Authors: Rutter, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Comparisons were made between 3 plots in a plantation of P. sylvestris: on (a) the dry plot, rain was prevented from entering the soil; on (b), soil w...

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