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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 03 Nov 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water movement in response to gradients of water potential in the soil-plant-atmosphere catena is considered. An approximate solution is presented of ...

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The effects of irrigation, cultivation and some insecticides on the soil arthropods of an East African dry grassland.

Published online: 15 Jul 1968

Authors: Burnett, G. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Investigations were made of arthropods in a silty, poorly drained, gray soil under dry grassland, irrigated sugar cane, and under natural grassland re...

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Growth and water relations of Pinus ponderosa seedlings in competitive regimes with Arctostaphylos patula seedlings.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Shainsky, L. J. & Radosevich, S. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trials in California with P. ponderosa seedlings planted in hand-thinned plots of A. patula (proportions approx. 0:100, 25:75, 50:50, 75:25, 100:0) su...

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Field studies of leaf conductance response to environmental variables in citrus.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Cohen, S. & Cohen, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationship between leaf conductance and environmental variables was examined during two summers in 22-year-old Shamouti orange trees. Soil water...

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Changes in soil properties and vegetation following disturbance of Alaskan arctic tundra.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Chapin, F. S., III & Shaver, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil characteristics and vegetation were studied in vehicle tracks and adjacent undisturbed tundra along local moisture gradients at four sites in nor...

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Vernal pool wetlands respond to livestock grazing, exclusion and reintroduction.

Published online: 17 Feb 2022

Authors: Michaels, J. S. & Tate, K. W. & Eviner, V. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In disturbance-adapted ecosystems, the removal of disturbance can lead to losses of diversity and sometimes irreversible changes in community composit...

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Control of evaporation and surface-accumulation of nutrients in sand-culture experiments with oak seedlings.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Brookes, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A layer of polystyrene beads on the surface of sand in sand-culture experiments greatly reduced evaporation, prevented surface salt-accumulation, inhi...

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Soil impedance as a factor reducing crop seedling emergence, and its relation to soil conditions at sowing, and to applied water.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Hegarty, T. W. & Royle, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seeds of calabrese, carrot, onion and sugar beet were sown in the field on successive occasions. Soil integral impedance (work done in penetrating the...

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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An approximate solution is presented of the differential equation describing soil-moisture flow towards a root absorbing water at a periodically varyi...

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Landscape pivot points and responses to water balance in national parks of the southwest US.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Thoma, D. P. & Munson, S. M. & Witwicki, D. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A recent drying trend that is expected to continue in the southwestern US underscores the need for site-specific and near real-time understanding of v...

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