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The effects of conservation management of reed beds. I. The invertebrates.

Published online: 17 Apr 1993

Authors: Ditlhogo, M. K. M. & James, R. & Laurence, B. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A replicated experiment was conducted in 1988-89 in a stand of reeds (Phragmites australis) which were cut, burnt or left unmanaged on the Hundred Acr...

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Indices of plant water status: some comparisons within and between crop species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Shepherd, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Relationships between leaf relative water content (RWC), esmotic potential ( pi ), leaf water potential ( psi ) and leaf diffusion resistance (LDR) ar...

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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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Temperature and leaf growth in four grass species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Peacock, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Leaf extension rates of perennial ryegrass, Italian ryegrass, tall fescue and timothy were measured in the field using artificial soil heating as a tr...

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Influence of stand thinning on snowshoe hare population dynamics and feeding damage in lodgepole pine forest.

Published online: 11 Apr 1989

Authors: Sullivan, T. P. & Sullivan, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study in young lodgepole pine forest near Prince George, BC, Canada, from 1979 to 1983 during the late increase, peak and decline phases of the Lepu...

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Some characteristics of heath fires in north-east Scotland.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Kayll, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

2 heath fires in 15-yr-pld Calluna vulgaris in autumn under dry windy conditions consumed 93% of the available fuel. In one fire, crown temperature re...

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Temperature and leaf growth in Lolium perenne. 3. Factors affecting seasonal differences.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Peacock, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shoot growth rates of perennial ryegrass cv. S24 were examined in spring and autumn in relation to seasonal changes in temperature in the region of th...

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Growth characteristics of grass and legume cultivars and their potential for land reclamation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Elias, C. O. & Chadwick, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Significant differences in relative growth rate were found among cultivars of Festuca rubra and Agrostis tenuis grown under nonlimiting nutrient suppl...

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Organic matter changes in an age series of Pinus radiata plantations [in Australia.

Published online: 16 Nov 1969

Authors: Forrest, W. G. & Ovington, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are given on the above-ground biomass of trees, ground flora and litter for a series of young P. radiata plantations 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 years old ...

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Effects on growth of simulated and induced shoot pruning by Tomicus piniperda as related to carbohydrate and nitrogen dynamics in Scots pine.

Published online: 19 Jun 1986

Authors: Ericsson, A. & Hellqvist, C. & Långström, B. & Larsson, S. & Tenow, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field experiment in central Sweden, shoots of 20-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) were hand-pruned in 2 series, 1 with non-fertilized trees...

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