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The golden native drone fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) is an effective hybrid carrot pollinator that lives within Australian crop agroecosystems.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Davis, A. E. & Schmidt, L. A. & Santos, K. C. B. S. & Martin, L. & Harrington, S. & Rocchetti, M. & Hocking, B. & Wright, D. & Spurr, C. & Cook, D. & Rader, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Native insect flower visitors can be important contributors to crop pollination, yet little is known of their pollination abilities and the resources ...

Life tables for the carrot fly, Psila rosae.

Published online: 22 Jul 1985

Authors: Burn, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Life tables are presented for 4 consecutive generations of Psila rosae on carrots in southern England, and are analysed using key factor analysis. Of ...

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...

Changes in the soil seed bank of four long-term crop/herbicide experiments.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Roberts, H. A. & Neilson, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The numbers of viable weed seeds in the top 15 cm of the soil were determined over a 16-year period in 4 crops grown with or without herbicides and ho...

Feeding of geese on farmland in east-central Scotland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Newton, I. & Campbell, C. R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Greylag and pink-footed geese fed together around Loch Leven, Kinross, at a rate equivalent to 0.54 and 0.39 geese/ha day during 2 successive winters....

The feeding ecology and survival of partridge chicks (Alectoris rufa and Perdix perdix) on arable farmland in East Anglia.

Published online: 02 Sep 1985

Authors: Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Broods of grey and red-legged partridges were radio-tracked for 20 days after hatching and their diet estimated from faeces collected at nocturnal roo...

Photodegradation modifies microplastic effects on soil properties and plant performance.

Published online: 17 Apr 2024

Authors: Lozano, Y. M. & Gordillo-Rocha, H. & Waldman, W. R. & Rillig, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Microplastics (MPs) in soil affect plant-soil systems depending on their shape and polymer type. However, previous research has not yet considered the...

Sanctioned quotas vs information provisioning for community wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe: a framed field experiment approach.

Published online: 22 May 2019

Authors: Ntuli, H. & Crépin, A. S. & Schill, C. & Muchapondwa, E.

Content type: Bulletin

We investigate the behavioural responses of resource users to policy interventions like sanctioned quotas and information provisioning. We do so in a ...

Genetic differentiation within multiple common grassland plants supports seed transfer zones for ecological restoration.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Durka, W. & Michalski, S. G. & Berendzen, K. W. & Bossdorf, O. & Bucharova, A. & Hermann, J. M. & Hölzel, N. & Kollmann, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration of grasslands is increasingly based on regional seeds derived from predefined seed transfer zones. However, the degree and spat...

Incorporating human behaviour into the risk-release relationship for invasion vectors: why targeting only the worst offenders can fail to reduce spread.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Floerl, O. & Inglis, G. J. & Diettrich, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Models of the spread of invasive species in transportation networks often assume a constant probability of transport across vectors, an assumption tha...