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Do wood-pigeons avoid pesticide-treated cereal seed?

Published online: 08 Jul 1999

Authors: McKay, H. V. & Prosser, P. J. & Hart, A. D. M. & Langton, S. D. & Jones, A. & McCoy, C. & Chandler-Morris, S. A. & Pascual, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pesticides applied to seeds before sowing may present a high risk to seed-eating birds. Some of these chemicals are highly toxic but are avoided by ca...

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The effect of predation by blue-tits (Parus caeruleus) on the sex-ratio of codling moth (Cydia pomonella).

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Glen, D. M. & Milsom, N. F. & Wiltshire, C. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In an apple orchard in south-western England where tits (Parus spp.) ate 95% of the overwintering larvae of Cydia pomonella (L.), only 35% of the surv...

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Interactions between the fauna of citrus trees in Trinidad and the ants Atta cephalotes and Azteca sp.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Jutsum, A. R. & Cherrett, J. M. & Fisher, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In citrus orchards in Trinidad, the presence of the ant Azteca sp. on a tree was negatively correlated with the presence of nests of the termite Nasut...

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Influence of livestock grazing on range condition in south-west Masailand, Northern Tanzania.

Published online: 16 Jan 1993

Authors: Mwalyosi, R. B. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Range condition was assessed in a semiarid 2265 km2 area of Tanzania grazed by cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys and a range of game wildlife. Primary pro...

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Pollination of Coffea canephora in relation to local and regional agroforestry management.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Klein, A. M. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination of crops depends on local agricultural management and the quality of adjacent habitats. Lowland coffee Coffea canephora, is an important t...

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Decline of the flora in Danish arable fields.

Published online: 03 Oct 1996

Authors: Andreasen, C. & Stryhn, H. & Streibig, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Surveys of the weed flora in Danish arable fields were conducted during 1967-70 and 1987-89. Frequencies of 67 common weed species in spring barley, s...

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The ecology of Tetranychid mites in Australian orchards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Readshaw, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Three important questions concerning the basic cause of the injuriousness of Tetranychid mites in Australian commercial orchards are whether insectici...

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Predicting the global invasion of Drosophila suzukii to improve Australian biosecurity preparedness.

Published online: 30 Jul 2021

Authors: Maino, J. L. & Schouten, R. & Umina, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predicting biological invasions remains a challenge to applied ecologists and limits pre-emptive management of biosecurity threats. In the last decade...

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Modelling habitat suitability for a potential flagship species, the hooded capuchin, of the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic forest.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Smith, R. L. & Lusseau, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The hooded capuchin (Sapajus cay) is an adaptable, generalist primate species found throughout eastern Paraguay with preferences for the Paraguayan Up...

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Vehicle pollution is associated with elevated insect damage to street trees.

Published online: 17 Sep 2023

Authors: Meineke, E. K. & Eng, D. S. & Karban, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vehicle pollution is a pervasive aspect of anthropogenic change across rural and urban habitats. The most common emissions are carbon- or nitrogen-bas...

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