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Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize: a guide for farmer field schools in Africa.

Published online: 31 Oct 2018

Published by: Food and Agriculture Organization

Content type: Miscellaneous

Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), FAW, a dangerous transboundary pest native to the Americas, has been spreading rapidly to all sub-regions of Af...

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Identifying plant mixes for multiple ecosystem service provision in agricultural systems using ecological networks.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Windsor, F. M. & Tavella, J. & Rother, D. C. & Raimundo, R. L. G. & Devoto, M. & Guimarães, P. R., Jr. & Evans, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing agricultural environments in a way that maximises the provision of multiple ecosystem services is a significant challenge in the development ...

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Cereal aphid populations in non-crop habitats show strong density dependence.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Bommarco, R. & Wetterlind, S. & Sigvald, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Few studies have addressed how density-dependent and density-independent regulation of population growth and abundance varies among habitats for a spe...

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Exploring the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in England: a new composite measure.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: O'Brien, L. & McConnachie, S. & Hall, C. & Forster, J. & Dyke, A. & Saraev, V. & Jones, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Existing research on the social and cultural (S&C) values of treescapes tends to be limited in scope, for example to recreation, aesthetic or heal...

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Biocontrol in insecticide sprayed crops does not benefit from semi-natural habitats and recovers slowly after spraying.

Published online: 08 Sep 2020

Authors: Gagic, V. & Hulthen, A. D. & Marcora, A. & Wang XiaoBei & Jones, L. & Schellhorn, N. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To enhance biological pest control in crop fields, it is recommended to increase semi-natural area on farm and decrease insecticide spraying. While th...

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Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops.

Published online: 20 May 2024

Authors: Plata, Á. & Tena, A. & Beitia, F. J. & Sousa, J. P. & Paredes, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionesThis link goes to a Spanish section The simplification of agricultural landscapes has been associated with an i...

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The phytophagous insects and mites of cultivated plants in South Africa: patterns and pest status.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Moran, V. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In South Africa, 472 species of phytophagous insects and mites on 121 species of crop and ornamental plants there were evaluated according to their pe...

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Retrospective analysis of a classical biological control programme.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Naranjo, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Classical biological control has been a key technology in the management of invasive arthropod pests globally for over 120 years, yet rigorous quantit...

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Diversity of airborne arthropods in a silvoarable agroforestry system.

Published online: 05 Apr 1995

Authors: Peng, R. K. & Incoll, L. D. & Sutton, S. L. & Wright, C. & Chadwick, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The diversity and abundance of airborne arthropods in a silvoarable agroforestry system with associated forestry and arable control areas in northern ...

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The role of predators and parasites in the natural regulation of lucerne aphids in eastern Australia.

Published online: 30 Nov 1988

Authors: Milne, W. M. & Bishop, A. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The impact of invertebrate predators on lucerne aphids (Acyrthosiphon kondoi, Therioaphis trifolii and A. pisum) was studied in the Hunter Valley, New...

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