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Estimation of the seed bank of a chalk grassland ley established on former arable land.

Published online: 14 Jun 1988

Authors: Graham, D. J. & Hutchings, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The size, composition and seasonal and depth-related variations in the soil seed bank of a former chalk grassland ley were determined at monthly inter...

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Scientific validation of empirical indicators of environmental services.

Published online: 16 Jan 2020

Authors: Mattos, L. M. de & Ferreira, E. A. B. & Turetta, A. P. D. & Balieiro, F. de C. & Coutinho, H. L. da C.

Content type: Bulletin

After decades of economic success, Brazilian agriculture has social and environmental consequences that must be assumed as opportunities to start proc...

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The effects of cultivation treatment on water potential and soil aeration in wet heathland with special reference to afforestation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Read, D. J. & Armstrong, W. & Weatherell, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a study in north Yorkshire comparing the effects of the following treatments on soil aeration, water potential, and growth of Pinus sylvestr...

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Nutrient neutrality principles: Natural England technical information note TIN186.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wood, A. & Wake, H. & McKendrick-Smith, K.

Content type: Reports

This report defines nutrient neutrality and presents a number of principles that Natural England advices on any neutrality that relies on in an Approp...

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NatureScot Research Report 1274 - Survey of the Tayside Area Beaver Population 2020-2021.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Campbell-Palmer, R. & Puttock, A. & Needham, R. N. & Wilson, K. & Graham, H. & Brazier, R. E.

Content type: Reports

This study provides details of the latest survey on Beaver population carried out from late 2020 to early 2021 in areas that encompassed all the river...

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Species diversity and dispersal traits alter biodiversity spillover in reconstructed grasslands.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Sperry, K. P. & Hilfer, H. & Lane, I. & Petersen, J. & Dixon, P. M. & Sullivan, L. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands are among the planet's most imperilled ecosystems, largely because habitat conversion has caused extreme biodiversity loss. In response, ma...

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A reconnaissance of the land resources of eastern Bechuanaland.

Published online: 31 Dec 1966

Authors: Bawden, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tabular data are given on landform, soil, vegetation and 9 categories of agricultural potential for 52 areas indicated on a map of the survey region.-...

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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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Restoring tropical diversity: beating the time tax on species loss.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Martínez-Garza, C. & Howe, H. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fragmentation of tropical forest is accelerating at the same time that already cleared land reverts to secondary growth. Fragments inexorably lose dee...

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Factors affecting pollen harvesting by the honeybee.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: McLellan, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The contents of pollen traps on two hives in Midlothian, Scotland, were analysed for 3 seasons, and in the 4th season the study was extended to 4 hive...

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