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Landscape structure regulates pest control provided by ants in sun coffee farms.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Aristizábal, N. & Metzger, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ants play a fundamental role in coffee pest control. Despite this, there is a lack of understanding about how landscape configuration and composition ...

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Towards the development of general rules describing landscape heterogeneity-multifunctionality relationships.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Plas, F. van der & Allan, E. & Fischer, M. & Alt, F. & Arndt, H. & Binkenstein, J. & Blaser, S. & Blüthgen, N. & Böhm, S. & Hölzel, N. & Klaus, V. H. & Kleinebecker, T. & Morris, K. & Oelmann, Y. & Prati, D. & Renner, S. C. & Rillig, M. C. & Schaefer, H. M. & Schloter, M. & Schmitt, B. & Schöning, I. & Schrumpf, M. & Solly, E. F. & Sorkau, E. & Steckel, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rapid growth of the world's human population has increased pressure on landscapes to deliver high levels of multiple ecosystem services, including foo...

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Variability in commercial demand for tree saplings affects the probability of introducing exotic forest diseases.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Chavez, V. A. & Gilligan, C. A. & Bosch, F. van den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several devastating forest pathogens are suspected or known to have entered the UK through imported planting material. The nursery industry is a key b...

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Effects of urbanisation and management practices on pollinators in tropical Africa.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Guenat, S. & Kunin, W. E. & Dougill, A. J. & Dallimer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Urban expansion is an increasing threat to biodiversity, especially in tropical Africa where biodiversity hot spots are being encroached upon by fast-...

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Wildflower plantings and honeybee competition impact nutritional quality of wild bee diets.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Page, M. L. & Francis, J. S. & Müller, U. & Williams, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildflower habitats planted along field borders are a widely promoted strategy for supporting bees in agricultural landscapes. However, honeybees (Api...

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Hub-and-spoke social networks among Indonesian cocoa farmers homogenise farming practices.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Matous, P. & Bodin, Ö.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Smallholder farms support the livelihoods of 2.5 billion people and their decisions on how to manage their land has profound consequences for the envi...

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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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The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia: drivers, agents and institutions.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Müller, R. & Pacheco, P. & Montero, J. C.

Content type: Bulletin

Bolivia's forest resources are of global importance, its main forest areas are located in subtropical and tropical regions. There is severe deforestat...

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Agri-environment schemes enhance pollinator richness and abundance but bumblebee reproduction depends on field size.

Published online: 16 Dec 2020

Authors: Geppert, C. & Hass, A. & Földesi, R. & Donkó, B. & Akter, A. & Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators have experienced a dramatic decrease world-wide due to agricultural intensification. In many countries, agri-environment schemes (AES) hav...

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Pesticide risk during commercial apple pollination is greater for honeybees than other managed and wild bees.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Mueller, T. G. & Baert, N. & Muñiz, P. A. & Sossa, D. E. & Danforth, B. N. & McArt, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most pesticide research has focussed on risk to managed honeybees, but other managed and wild bees are also exposed to pesticides. Critically, we know...

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