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Short-term effects of chemical and mechanical cover management and decomposition processes in a grassland soil.

Published online: 22 May 1971

Authors: Malone, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a randomized plot experiment on Festuca arundinacea grassland on alluvial loam soil during 1968, plots were mowed and raked bi-weekly, mowed and sp...

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The introduction of native plant species on industrial waste heaps: a test of immigration and other factors affecting primary succession.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Ash, H. J. & Gemmell, R. P. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Industrial waste heaps in NW England have become colonized by interesting floras which include regionally uncommon species. However, the range of spec...

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The EU Habitats Directive in Spain: can it contribute effectively to the conservation of extensive agroecosystems?

Published online: 06 Apr 1999

Authors: Beaufoy, G.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

By adopting the Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43 of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) in 1992, the g...

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Moths, lichens and air pollution along a transect from Manchester to north Wales.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Bishop, J. A. & Cook, L. M. & Muggleton, J. & Seaward, M. R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The light reflectance, type of epiphyte cover, and lichen flora of samples of oak trees at fifty-three sites along the transect were recorded. The cor...

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Environmental effects of air pollution in Britain.

Published online: 01 Sep 1990

Authors: Woodin, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There have been air pollution problems in Britain for several centuries. The nature of such problems has changed: intense local smoke pollution has be...

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Factors affecting the vegetation of ditch banks in peat areas in the western Netherlands.

Published online: 01 Sep 1990

Authors: Strien, A. J. van & Linden, J. van der & Melman, T. C. P. & Noordervliet, M. A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of various environmental factors on the ditch bank vegetation in peat areas in the western Netherlands were studied to find the best manag...

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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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Succession of disturbed and undisturbed chalk grassland at Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve: details of changes in species.

Published online: 15 Dec 1990

Authors: Ward, L. K. & Jennings, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A randomized block design experiment on succession at Aston Rowant, UK was recorded from 1969 to 1982. The treatments were annual grazing, and no graz...

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Senescence and rejuvenation in ungrazed chalk grassland (grassland B) in Breckland: the significance of litter and of moles.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Watt, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the floristic composition of ungrazed chalk grassland on Foxhole Heath, Breckland, between 1938 and 1971 were considered in relation to cha...

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Availability of soil mutualists may not limit non-native Acacia invasion but could increase their impact on native soil communities.

Published online: 12 Dec 2020

Authors: Wandrag, E. M. & Birnbaum, C. & Klock, M. M. & Barrett, L. G. & Thrall, P. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The availability of compatible mutualistic soil microbes could influence the invasion success of non-native plant species. Specifically, there may be ...

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