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How do people see nature? Perceptions of naturalness in designed urban green spaces.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Hoyle, H. & Jorgensen, A. & Hitchmough, J.

Content type: Blog

This paper presents the results of surveys conducted to determine the perceptions of people to varying degrees of naturalness in designed urban green ...

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Embracing the wisdom in everyday practice can help ecologists produce usable knowledge.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: West, S. & Beilin, R. & Wagenaar, H.

Content type: Blog

To do a good job of resolving some dilemmas, ecologists have to draw on a range of additional skills. These include building tangible experience of th...

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The independent assessment of frost hardiness of excised laminae, excised roots and trimmed tillers of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea).

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Pearce, R. S. & McDonald, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trimmed tillers, excised roots and excised laminae of tall fescue were subjected to various temp. down to -12 deg C for various exposure times and at ...

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Mycorrhizal infection in Pennine grassland. 1. Levels of infection in the field.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Sparling, G. P. & Tinker, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Roots collected from 3 contrasting types of permanent grassland in the Pennines were consistently infected by vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizal fu...

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Field development and quality changes in successive generations of Spodoptera exempta Wlk., the African armyworm.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Rose, D. J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Three successive generations of Spodoptera exempta (Wlk.) were observed on cereal crops and grasses at Salisbury Research Station, Rhodesia, during Ja...

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Field survey of the distribution of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in relation to soil pH.

Published online: 01 Oct 1987

Authors: Porter, W. M. & Robson, A. D. & Abbott, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution and abundance of VA mycorrhizal fungi in the Merredin district of Western Australia was examined in relation to soil properties. Acau...

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Bush-control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. 2. An evaluation of the Holt IXa "bush breaker" in Tarchonanthus/ Acacia thicket.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Pratt, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effects were studied of machine-clearing of mature Tarchonanthus/Acacia thicket factorially combined with sowing 2.5 lb/ac of a seeds mixture mainly c...

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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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Factors controlling the distribution of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in relation to soil pH.

Published online: 01 Oct 1987

Authors: Porter, W. M. & Robson, A. D. & Abbott, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The aim of this study was to identify the particular soil properties which caused distinct populations of VA mycorrhizal fungi to occur at 2 adjacent ...

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Distribution patterns of plants associated with arable field edges.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Marshall, E. J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Distribution records of the flora within arable field boundaries and the associated crop indicated that most species in field boundaries did not occur...

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