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Body condition and ranging behaviour of blackface hill sheep in relation to lamb survival.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Hewson, R. & Verkaik, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors affecting the production and survival of lambs, including vulnerability to predation, were studied in a flock of about 850 Blackface hill shee...

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Spring grazing and the manipulation of food quality by barnacle geese.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Ydenberg, R. C. & Prins, H. H. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The foraging activities of a large flock of barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) wintering on the West Friesian island of Schiermonnikoog were monitored ...

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Effects of grazing by mountain hares and red deer on the production and chemical composition of heather.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Moss, R. & Welch, D. & Rothery, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Heather was protected from grazing for 5 years at 2 moors in north-east Scotland, one grazed largely by mountain hares (Lepus timidus) and one grazed ...

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Crown of a Sitka spruce plantation: analysis and stochastic description of the developments of the branching structure.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Cochrane, L. A. & Ford, E. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The number, length, angle, azimuth and compass bearing of whorl and interwhorl branches were measured in 1973 and 1976 for a plantation of P. sitchens...

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Log-normality of biodiversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators on blueberry heaths.

Published online: 05 Jun 1998

Authors: Kevan, P. G. & Greco, C. F. & Belaoussoff, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data were collected from sampling pollinating bees [Apoidea] over 8 years in 13 blueberry fields in New Brunswick, Canada, and used to test the log-no...

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Short-term influence of clear-cutting on abundance of soil-microfauna (Nematoda, Rotatoria and Tardigrada) in a Swedish pine forest soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Sohlenius, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An increase in the abundance of nematodes, rotifers and tardigrades in a pine forest soil during the second year after clear-cutting coincided with in...

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The ecology of some soil mites from coal shale tips.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Luxton, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Acari were sampled from experimental plots on coal-shale tips undergoing reclamation. Cryptostigmata were the dominant mite order. Acid and more basic...

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Revegetation of unreclaimed coal strip-mines in Oklahoma. I. Vegetation structure and soil properties.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Johnson, F. L. & Gibson, D. J. & Risser, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An investigation of 49 unreclaimed coal strip-mines between 10 and 70-yr old revealed that definite soil horizons had not yet formed but that chemical...

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Stomatal conductance of two tropical trees during the wet season in Nigeria.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Grace, J. & Okali, D. U. U. & Fasehun, F. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Measurements of stomatal conductance were made on teak (Tectona grandis) and Gmelina arborea on 5 days during the wet season in Nigeria. Both species ...

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The effect of direct drilling and minimal cultivation on earthworm populations.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Edwards, C. A. & Lofty, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Earthworm populations in direct drilled and ploughed plots were assessed twice annually for 5 years in a continuous cereal experiment at Woburn. In tw...

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