Search

All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.

Filter by...

Showing 202 results

Does carbaryl increase fluctuating asymmetry in damselflies under field conditions? A mesocosm experiment with Xanthocnemis zealandica (Odonata: Zygoptera).

Published online: 18 Nov 1999

Authors: Hardersen, S. & Wratten, S. D. & Frampton, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Previous laboratory experiments have shown that carbaryl reduces emergence success and increases fluctuating asymmetry in cell patterns of damselfly w...

Read more

The effect of weather on frit fly (Oscinella frit L.) and its predators.

Published online: 03 Jan 1970

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When weather was favourable (warm, dry) for ovi-position by O. frit, the combined activity of predators and parasites was found to be inadequate to pr...

Read more

Insect density effects in root feeding by larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Smith, T. J. R. & Roberts, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In further investigations on feeding on larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Boisd.), a pest of pastures in New South Wales [cf. preceding abstract, RA...

Read more

Breakdown of four litters of contrasting quality in a tropical Australian rainforest.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Spain, A. V. & Feuvre, R. P. le

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Litter bag studies in a lowland tropical rain forest in NE Queensland, Australia, showed that breakdown rates decreased in the order: Eucalyptus alba ...

Read more

Oviposition by frit fly, Oscinella frit, on young ryegrass seedlings.

Published online: 22 Jul 1985

Authors: Mowat, D. J. & Jess, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In laboratory experiments, oviposition by females of Oscinella frit at high population densities was negligible on single-leaved seedlings of ryegrass...

Read more

The value of Collembola from agricultural soils as food for a generalist predator.

Published online: 04 Oct 2000

Authors: Bilde, T. & Axelsen, J. A. & Toft, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Collembola is one of the important prey groups for generalist arthropod predators in agro-ecosystems. Differences in the quality of available spec...

Read more

The carabid and staphylinid fauna of winter wheat and fallow on a clay with flints soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies were carried out in Hertfordshire, England, during 1971-75 on the carabid and staphylinid fauna in areas of a Stackyard field (clay with flint...

Read more

The abundance of large termite mounds in Uganda in relation to their environment.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Pomeroy, D. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The density of large termite mounds was estimated from 638 counts spread throughout Uganda. The counts were compared with data for fourteen environmen...

Read more

Nesting of ground-nesting bees in arable fields is not associated with tillage system per se, but with distance to field edge, crop cover, soil and landscape context.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Tschanz, P. & Vogel, S. & Walter, A. & Keller, T. & Albrecht, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ground-nesting wild bees are crucial for the pollination of wild plants and crops and thus human wellbeing. Arable land currently covers 14 million km...

Read more

Structural features of field boundaries which influence the overwintering densities of beneficial arthropod predators.

Published online: 09 Nov 1995

Authors: Dennis, P. & Thomas, M. B. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation cover was manipulated in enclosures in a field boundary in southern England to test experimentally the effect on overwintering by the preda...

Read more