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The Senegalese grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis Krauss.

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Batten, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based on the author's summary of this account of the distribution and biology of. Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss), which is based on t...

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The role of different organo-chlorine compounds in the breeding of British sparrowhawks.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Newton, I. & Bogan, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organochlorine levels and shell thickness indices varied little between eggs in the same clutch of Accipiter nisus in the UK, but they varied greatly ...

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Experimental harvest of waterfowl eggs informs management by indigenous peoples.

Published online: 26 Mar 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Herse, M. R. & Tylianakis, J. M. & Scott, N. J. & Brown, D. & Cranwell, I. & Henry, J. & Pauling, C. & McIntosh, A. R. & Gormley, A. M. & Lyver, P. O.

Content type: Blog

An experiment was conducted by the Māori tribe Ngāi Tahu and researchers (Māori and non-Māori) in Aotearoa/New Zealand, to assess how customary egg ha...

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The natural mortality of wheat-bulb fly larvae.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Ryan, M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In further investigations at Rothamsted [cf. preceding abstract], parasitism, overcrowding (two or more larvae in the same shoot), disease and predati...

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Changes attributed to pesticides in the nesting success of the sparrowhawk in Britain.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Newton, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The nesting success of the sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) in and near arable areas in Britain has declined since 1947, owing to increased egg-breakage ...

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Testing FARMSCOPER and LESA-NP against lake sediment-inferred phosphorus budgets: Crose Mere, Hatch Mere & White Mere.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Moyle, M. & Boyle, J.

Content type: Reports

The West Midland meres face a critical ecological challenge due to elevated phosphorus (P) concentrations resulting from diffuse and point nutrient po...

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The natural mortality of wheat-bulb fly eggs in bare fallow soils.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Ryan, M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The survival of four populations of eggs of Hylemya (Leptohylemyia) coarctata (Fall.) at Rothamsted in southern England was studied. Few eggs disappea...

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Effects of adult and larval Cyrtobagous salviniae on the floating weed Salvinia molesta.

Published online: 30 Nov 1988

Authors: Julien, M. H. & Bourne, A. S. & Chan, R. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were conducted in field cages in Queensland to assess the effects of adults and larvae of the curculionid Cyrtobagous salviniae on Salvini...

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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...

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Reproduction by an altricial songbird, the red-winged blackbird, in fields treated with the organophosphate insecticide fenthion.

Published online: 22 Jul 1985

Authors: Powell, G. V. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The breeding of red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) was used in 4 flood-irrigated hay meadows in Wyoming as a model to study the effects of a ...

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