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Experimental evidence that the effectiveness of conservation biological control depends on landscape complexity.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Jonsson, M. & Straub, C. S. & Didham, R. K. & Buckley, H. L. & Case, B. S. & Hale, R. J. & Gratton, C. & Wratten, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of intensive agricultural practices is a major threat to biodiversity and to the delivery of ecosystem services on which humans depend. ...

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Adoption and potential of agri-environmental schemes in Europe: cross-regional evidence from interviews with farmers.

Published online: 13 Oct 2023

Authors: Bartkowski, B. & Beckmann, M. & Bednář, M. & Biffi, S. & Domingo-Marimon, C. & Mesaroš, M. & Schüßler, C. & Šarapatka, B. & Tarčak, S. & Václavík, T. & Ziv, G. & Wittstock, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In Europe and elsewhere, agri-environmental schemes (AES) are designed to reduce agriculture's impacts on the environment. Designing effective schemes...

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Villages and their old farmsteads are hot spots of bird diversity in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Rosin, Z. M. & Skórka, P. & Pärt, T. & Żmihorski, M. & Ekner-Grzyb, A. & Kwieciński, Z. & Tryjanowski, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To counteract the decline of farmland biodiversity in Europe, it is crucial to recognize habitats that are hot spots. Old rural settlements (e.g. vill...

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The importance of trees for woody pasture bird diversity and effects of the European Union's tree density policy.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Jakobsson, S. & Lindborg, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy aim for a greening of the subsidy system with potential improvements for biodiversity conservation. A...

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Vegetation response to grazing management in a Mediterranean herbaceous community: a functional group approach.

Published online: 24 May 2000

Authors: Sternberg, M. & Gutman, M. & Perevolotsky, A. & Ungar, E. D. & Kigel, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A 4-year study was conducted in a Mediterranean herbaceous community in north-eastern Israel to investigate the effects of cattle grazing management o...

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Pathogen dynamics under both bottom-up host resistance and top-down hyperparasite attack.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Parratt, S. R. & Laine, A. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative importance of bottom-up versus top-down control of population dynamics has been the focus of much debate. In infectious disease biology, ...

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An insect (Argyresthia retinella, Lep., Yponomeutidae) outbreak in northern birch forests, released by climatic changes?

Published online: 02 Jun 1999

Authors: Tenow, O. & Nilssen, A. C. & Holmgren, B. & Elverum, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the early 1990s, birch (Betula pubescens) forests in north-western Norway were damaged by the bud- and shoot-mining larvae of Argyresthia retinella...

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Conservation of European hares Lepus europaeus in Britain: is increasing habitat heterogeneity in farmland the answer?

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Smith, R. K. & Jennings, N. V. & Robinson, A. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has had dramatic effects on farmland biodiversity and has caused declines in many taxa. Habitat changes are thought to be...

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Quantifying the impact of environmental factors on arthropod communities in agricultural landscapes across organizational levels and spatial scales.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Schweiger, O. & Maelfait, J. P. & Wingerden, W. van & Hendrickx, F. & Billeter, R. & Speelmans, M. & Augenstein, I. & Aukema, B. & Aviron, S. & Bailey, D. & Bukacek, R. & Burel, F. & Diekötter, T. & Dirksen, J. & Frenzel, M. & Herzog, F. & Liira, J. & Roubalova, M. & Bugter, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In landscapes influenced by anthropogenic activities, such as intensive agriculture, knowledge of the relative importance and interaction of environme...

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Third and fourth trophic level composition shift in an aphid-parasitoid-hyperparasitoid food web limits aphid control in an intercropping system.

Published online: 15 Feb 2022

Authors: Jeavons, E. & Baaren, J. van & Ralec, A. le & Buchard, C. & Duval, F. & Llopis, S. & Postic, E. & Lann, C. le

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how resource diversification affects ecological interactions, food web structure and ecosystem functioning is essential in both fundamen...

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