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Exploiting pathogens and their impact on fitness costs to manage the evolution of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Raymond, B. & Sayyed, A. H. & Hails, R. S. & Wright, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable insect control requires effective management of the evolution of resistance to pesticides. Resistance management may ultimately depend on ...

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The application of self-limiting transgenic insects in managing resistance in experimental metapopulations.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Zhou LiQin & Alphey, N. & Walker, A. S. & Travers, L. M. & Morrison, N. I. & Bonsall, M. B. & Raymond, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The mass release of transgenic insects carrying female lethal self-limiting genes can reduce pest insect populations. Substantial releases are also a ...

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Neonicotinoid insecticide travels through a soil food chain, disrupting biological control of non-target pests and decreasing soya bean yield.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Douglas, M. R. & Rohr, J. R. & Tooker, J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides world-wide, but their fate in the environment remains unclear, as does their potential to influen...

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Type of fitness cost influences the rate of evolution of resistance to transgenic Bt crops.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Hackett, S. C. & Bonsall, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The evolution of resistance to pesticides by insect pests is a significant challenge for sustainable agriculture. For transgenic crops expressing Baci...

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Leaf litter from insect-resistant transgenic trees causes changes in aquatic insect community composition.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Axelsson, E. P. & Hjältén, J. & LeRoy, C. J. & Whitham, T. G. & Julkunen-Tiitto, R. & Wennström, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent research has addressed how transgenic residues from arable crops may influence adjacent waterways, aquatic consumers and important ecosystem pr...

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Phytometric assessment of the fertility of undrained rich-fen soils.

Published online: 15 Jul 1993

Authors: Wheeler, B. D. & Shaw, S. C. & Cook, R. E. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To evaluate suitable methods for comparing soil fertility across a large number of undrained rich-fen sites the relationships between soil chemical co...

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Background food influences rate of encounter and efficacy of rodenticides in wild house mice.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Brown, P. R. & Henry, S. & Hinds, L. A. & Robinson, F. & Duncan, R. P. & Ruscoe, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Baiting is widely used in wildlife management for various purposes, including lethal control, fertility control, disease and parasite control, and con...

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Processing of transgenic crop residues in stream ecosystems.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Swan, C. M. & Jensen, P. D. & Dively, G. P. & Lamp, W. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Research in agricultural ecosystems is uncovering how the management of crop fields leads to the delivery of transgenic crop residues to adjacent wate...

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Vector control technology and its relationship to the environment and wildlife.

Published online: 22 May 1967

Authors: Mulla, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper is one of a number on the effects on wildlife of contamination of the environment by pesticides that were presented at a conference in Engl...

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Cadmium pollution triggers a positive biodiversity-productivity relationship: evidence from a laboratory microcosm experiment.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Li JinTian & Duan HongNan & Li ShaoPeng & Kuang JiaLiang & Zeng Yi & Shu WenSheng

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human activities are greatly changing the conditions of ecosystems. One of these major changes is that more and more ecosystems are facing increasing ...

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