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The effects of age and weather on egg-laying in Pieris rapae L.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Gossard, T. W. & Jones, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The adult life-span and the factors affecting egg production in Pieris rapae (L.) (especially age, temperature and solar radiation) were investigated ...

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Comparing post-release cover and burrow use by differentially head-started Mojave desert tortoises in southern California.

Published online: 14 May 2022

Authors: McGovern, P. A. & Peaden, J. M. & Buhlmann, K. A. & Todd, B. D. & Tuberville, T. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

The effects of indoor rearing versus the conventional method of solely outdoor head-starting on post-release cover and burrow use of juvenile Mojave d...

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The demographic performance of a laboratory strain of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Geier, P. W. & Briese, D. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A comprehensive set of demographic values measured under partly controlled conditions for an inbred Australian strain of Cydia pomonella (L.) is prese...

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Sampling methods and construction of life tables for Sitona humeralis populations (Col., Curculionidae) in Mediterranean climatic areas.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Aeschlimann, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Criteria for selecting sites are described and the various sampling, rearing and identification techniques used to investigate field populations of Si...

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Egg temperature modifies predator avoidance and the effects of the insecticide endosulfan on tadpoles of an Australian frog.

Published online: 24 Mar 2004

Authors: Broomhall, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Attention is shifting from simplistic explanations of global amphibian declines that posit a single cause (such as climate change, pesticide contamina...

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A large-scale comparison of conventional and molecular methods for the evaluation of host-parasitoid associations in non-target risk-assessment studies.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Gariepy, T. & Kuhlmann, U. & Gillott, C. & Erlandson, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accurate identification of natural enemies is the cornerstone of biological control, and methods that can separate closely related species are essenti...

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Field-based ecological studies to assess prospective biological control agents for invasive alien plants: an example from giant rat's tail grass.

Published online: 25 May 2021

Authors: Sutton, G. F. & Canavan, K. & Day, M. D. & Paterson, I. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological control (biocontrol) of invasive alien plants is a widely utilised weed management tool. Prospective biocontrol agents are typically assess...

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An environmental oestrogen disrupts fish population dynamics through direct and transgenerational effects on survival and fecundity.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Schwindt, A. R. & Winkelman, D. L. & Keteles, K. & Murphy, M. & Vajda, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased need for water and projected declines in precipitation due to climate change could leave waterways increasingly dominated by wastewater effl...

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Effects of host's diet on two pupal parasitoids of the gypsy moth: Brachymeria intermedia (Nees) and Coccygomimus turionellae (L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Greenblatt, J. A. & Barbosa, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In laboratory studies in Massachusetts with a synthetic diet and the foliage of 4 forest trees (grey birch (Betula populifolia), white oak (Quercus al...

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Agents for biological control of novel hosts: assessing an aleocharine parasitoid of dung-breeding flies.

Published online: 29 Oct 1990

Authors: Wright, E. J. & Müller, P. & Kerr, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Host acceptance and suitability of a range of dipterous hosts of the predator/parasitoid Aleochara sp. were studied in South Africa to assess the like...

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