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Seed source impacts germination and early establishment of dominant grasses in prairie restorations.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Gallagher, M. K. & Wagenius, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land managers choose seed from a variety of provenances for restoration projects. By selecting seed of the local ecotype, managers can increase establ...

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Trade, transport and trouble: managing invasive species pathways in an era of globalization.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Hulme, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Humans have traded and transported alien species for millennia with two notable step-changes: the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Industri...

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Biological control using sterilizing viruses: host suppression and competition between viruses in nonspatial models.

Published online: 10 Apr 2002

Authors: Hood, G. M. & Chesson, P. & Pech, R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Research is currently underway to develop genetically engineered viruses that can sterilize pest animals. The technique, known as viral-vectored im...

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Sanctioned quotas vs information provisioning for community wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe: a framed field experiment approach.

Published online: 22 May 2019

Authors: Ntuli, H. & Crépin, A. S. & Schill, C. & Muchapondwa, E.

Content type: Bulletin

We investigate the behavioural responses of resource users to policy interventions like sanctioned quotas and information provisioning. We do so in a ...

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Changes in the distribution of cattle and of bovine trypanosomiasis associated with the spread of tsetse-flies (Glossina) in southwest Uganda.

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Ford, J. & Clifford, H. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based partly on the authors' summary. Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. entered Ankole in south-western Uganda in 1907. Its northwa...

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Impact of transgenic potatoes expressing anti-bacterial agents on bacterial endophytes is comparable with the effects of plant genotype, soil type and pathogen infection.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Rasche, F. & Velvis, H. & Zachow, C. & Berg, G. & Elsas, J. D. van & Sessitsch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Blackleg and soft rot disease of potatoes Solanum tuberosum L., mainly caused by the bacterial pathogen Erwinia carotovora ssp. atrospetica (Eca), lea...

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Effect of burning or clipping Agropyron spicatum in the autumn on the spring foraging behaviour of mule deer and cattle.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Willms, W. & Bailey, A. W. & McLean, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To estimate the effects of autumn clipping or burning on the foraging behaviour of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) and cattle, trials were se...

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Dynamics of shrub encroachment in an African savanna: relative influences of fire, herbivory, rainfall and density dependence.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Roques, K. G. & O'Connor, T. G. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shrub encroachment has been widely observed in savanna regions. This study analysed the causes of shrub encroachment in the lowveld savanna of north-e...

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The impact of a root-crown weevil and pasture competition on the winter annual Echium plantagineum.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Sheppard, A. W. & Smyth, M. J. & Swirepik, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Root-feeding insect herbivores may suppress their host populations by altering the competitive balances within the plant community of the host-plant. ...

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The seasonal abundance of blowflies infesting drying fish in south-west India.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Wall, R. & Howard, J. J. & Bindu, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Blowfly infestation of sun-drying fish is a major economic problem in many developing countries of Asia, Africa and the Pacific. To consider the ecolo...

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