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The effects of crop type, landscape composition and agroecological practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical smallholder farms.

Published online: 12 Nov 2023

Authors: Vogel, C. & Poveda, K. & Iverson, A. & Boetzl, F. A. & Mkandawire, T. & Chunga, T. L. & Küstner, G. & Keller, A. & Kerr, R. B. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the tropics, smallholder farming characterizes some of the world's most biodiverse landscapes. Agroecology as a pathway to sustainable agriculture ...

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Landscape configuration of crops and hedgerows drives local syrphid fly abundance.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Haenke, S. & Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. & Fründ, J. & Batáry, P. & Jauker, B. & Tscharntke, T. & Holzschuh, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human-dominated landscapes are characterized by a mosaic of natural and managed ecosystems, affecting arthropod communities on different spatial scale...

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Agri-environmental schemes promote ground-dwelling predators in adjacent oilseed rape fields: diversity, species traits and distance-decay functions.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Boetzl, F. A. & Krimmer, E. & Krauss, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rising demands for agricultural products and high environmental costs of intensive agriculture reinforce the need for ecological replacements in agric...

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Can commercially imported bumble bees out-compete their native conspecifics?

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Ings, T. C. & Ward, N. L. & Chittka, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although invasive species are major topics of research, little consideration has been given to the implications of introducing non-native subspecies o...

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Landscape diversity moderates the effects of bee visitation frequency to flowers on crop production.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Petersen, J. D. & Nault, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reductions in natural habitat are implicated in declining honeybee Apis mellifera L. and wild bee populations, thereby threatening crop production. Th...

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Beneficial effects of native broadleaved forests on canopy beetle diversity are not reduced by admixture of non-native conifers.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Wildermuth, B. & Hagge, J. & Seifert, C. L. & Tjaden, R. & Schuldt, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity loss and vast forest diebacks due to climate change-induced disturbances require adapted forest management strategies that reconcile econ...

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The influence of ants and ant manipulation on the cocoa farm fauna.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Majer, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Certain species of dominant ants were selectively eliminated from different subplots in order to elucidate the influence of ants and other factors on ...

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Local-scale attributes determine the suitability of woodland creation sites for Diptera.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Fuller, L. & Fuentes-Montemayor, E. & Watts, K. & Macgregor, N. A. & Bitenc, K. & Park, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

New native woodlands are typically created in a small and isolated configuration, potentially reducing their value as a resource for biodiversity. The...

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Maize-dominated landscapes reduce bumblebee colony growth through pollen diversity loss.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Hass, A. L. & Brachmann, L. & Batáry, P. & Clough, Y. & Behling, H. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bumblebees are important pollinators for a wide range of crops and wild plants. Performance of their colonies depends on pollen and nectar as food res...

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Local-scale tree and shrub diversity improves pollination services to shea trees in tropical west African parklands.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Delaney, A. & Dembele, A. & Nombré, I. & Lirasse, F. G. & Marshall, E. & Nana, A. & Vickery, J. & Tayleur, C. & Stout, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shea Vitellaria paradoxa trees bear fruit and seeds of considerable economic, nutritional and cultural value in the African Sudano-Sahelian zone. In m...

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