Land, people, ecology


Grassland Research Publications

Pywell, F.R., Bullock, J.M., Walker, K.J., Coulson, S.J., Gregory, S.J. & Stevenson, M.J. 2004. Facilitating grassland diversification using the hemiparasitic plant Rhinanthus minor. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, 880-887

Bullock, JM, Franklin, J, Stevenson, MJ, Silvertown, J, Coulson, SJ, Gregory, SJ and Tofts, R (2001) A plant trait analysis of responses to grazing in a long-term experiment. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 253-267

Coulson, SJ, Bullock, JM, Stevenson, MJ, Pywell, RF (2001) Colonization of grassland by sown species: dispersal versus microsite limitation in responses to management. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 204-216

Tofts, R and Silvertown, J (2000) A phylogenetic approach to community assembly from a local species pool. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267: 363-370

Tofts, R (1999) Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop. (Cardeus eriophorus L.: Cnicus eriophorus (L.) Roth. Journal of Ecology 87: 529-542

Tofts, R (1998) On the assembly of a plant community. PhD Thesis, Open University.

Bullock, JM, Clear Hill, B, Silvertown, J and Sutton, M (1995) Gap colonization as a source of grassland community change: effects of gap size and grazing on the rate and mode of colonization by different species. Oikos 72: 273-282

Bullock, JM, Clear Hill, B, Dale, MP and Silvertown, J (1994) An experimental study of the effects of sheep grazing on vegetation change in a species-poor grassland and the role of seedling recruitment in to gaps. Journal of Applied Ecology 31: 493-507

Bullock, JM, Clear Hill, B and Silvertown, J (1994) Demography of Cirsium vulgare in a grazing experiment. Journal of Ecology 82: 101-111

Bullock, JM, Clear Hill, B and Silvertown, J (1994) Tiller dynamics of two grasses - responses to grazing, density and weather. Journal of Ecology 82: 331-340

Silvertown, J, Lines, CEM and Dale, MP (1994) Spatial competition between grasses - rates of mutual invasion between four species and the interaction with grazing. Journal of Ecology 82: 31-38

Gillman, M, Bullock, JM, Silvertown, J and Clear Hill, B (1993) A density-dependant model of Cirsium vulgare population dynamics using field-estimated parameter values. Oecologia 96: 282-289

Silvertown J, Watt, TA, Smith, B and Treweek, JR (1992) Complex effects of grazing treatment on the establishment, growth, survival and reproduction of an annual in a species-poor grassland community. Journal of Vegetation Science 3: 35-40

Silvertown, J, Holtier, S, Johnson, J and Dale, P (1992) Cellular automaton modals of interspecific competition for space between clonal plants: the effect of pattern on process. Journal of Ecology 80: 527-533
Silvertown, J and Dale, P (1991) Competitive hierarchies and the structure of herbaceous plant communities. Oikos 441-444

Silvertown, J and Smith, BA (1989) Germination and population structure of spear thistle Cirsium vulgare in relation to sheep grazing management of pasture. Oecologia 81: 369-373

Silvertown J, and Smith, BA (1989) Mapping the microenvironment for seed germination in the field. Annals of Botany 63: 163-167

Silvertown, J and Smith, BA (1988) Gaps in the canopy: the missing dimension in vegetation dynamics. Vegetatio 77: 57-60


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