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The effect of uncultivated land on the distribution of cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) on an adjacent crop.

Published online: 03 Nov 1965

Authors: Van Emden, H. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The numbers of Brevicoryne brassicae and its parasites and predators in a crop of brussels sprouts were counted during a season. The results were grou...

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Globalisation and pollinators: pollinator declines are an economic threat to global food systems.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Murphy, J. T. & Breeze, T. D. & Willcox, B. & Kavanagh, S. & Stout, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Trade in animal-pollinated crops plays an important role in global food systems: in many low-income countries, export of pollinated crops such as coff...

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Evaluating the effectiveness of human-orangutan conflict mitigation strategies in Sumatra.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Campbell-Smith, G. & Sembiring, R. & Linkie, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Crop raiding by great apes is an emerging conservation issue across their range. It is important because it involves highly threatened species that ca...

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Evaluation of farm programmes in the 2014 US farm bill: a review of the literature.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Content type: Bulletin

Main changes to US farm programmes under the 2014 Farm Bill aim to strengthen instruments for risk management, both in commodity and in crop insurance...

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Human-wildlife coexistence needs more evidence-based interventions to reduce the losses of crops, livestock and fishery catches.

Published online: 27 Mar 2025

Authors: Huang Cheng & Chen YiQing & Li LiLi & Campos-Arceiz, A. & Wang Yi & Onditi, K. O. & Li ZhongQiu & Feng LiMin & Liu Yang & Lee TienMing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evidence-based interventions designed to reduce wildlife-caused losses are essential for human-wildlife coexistence. The lack of systematic summarizat...

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The effect of crop and climate factors on the radiation balance of an irrigated maize crop.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Stanhill, G. & Cox, J. T. H. & Moreshet, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Loss of short-wave radiation by reflection from an irrigated maize crop grown for forage averaged 0.18 of the incident total short-wave radiation rece...

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Night respiration of a maize crop in the lowland humid tropics.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Quin, F. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overnight respiration losses of whole plants were measured in a young maize crop grown in the humid tropic zone of Western Nigeria. In an older crop, ...

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Water use by irrigated cotton in Sudan. 2. Net radiation and soil heat flux.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Rijks, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Radiation balance was measured from Oct.-Dec. 1965 in an irrigated cotton crop grown on ridges. During this time crop cover increased from about 10% t...

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Phosphorus balance of contrasting farming systems, past and present. Can food production be sustainable?

Published online: 27 May 1998

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phosphorus inputs and losses are calculated for contrasting farming systems: cereals were a major product in all systems. In typical modern British wh...

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Ecosystem services and disservices by birds, bats and monkeys change with macadamia landscape heterogeneity.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Linden, V. M. G. & Grass, I. & Joubert, E. & Tscharntke, T. & Weier, S. M. & Taylor, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative importance of ecosystem services and disservices can change with landscape structure in a poorly understood way. We compare the impact of...

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