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Perennial flower margins reduce orchard fruit damage by rosy apple aphid, Dysaphis plantaginea (Homoptera: Aphididae).

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Howard, C. & Fountain, M. T. & Brittain, C. & Burgess, P. J. & Garratt, M. P. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sown or natural flower strips are a commonly used management practice in agroecosystems and have been demonstrated to increase the abundance of predat...

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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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Organic farming and semi-natural habitats for multifunctional agriculture: a case study in hedgerow landscapes of Brittany.

Published online: 09 Apr 2025

Authors: Boinot, S. & Alignier, A. & Aviron, S. & Bertrand, C. & Cheviron, N. & Comment, G. & Jeavons, E. & Lann, C. le & Mondy, S. & Mougin, C. & Précigout, P. A. & Ricono, C. & Robert, C. & Saias, G. & Vandenkoornhuyse, P. & Mony, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Finding more sustainable ways to produce food is a major challenge for humanity in the face of biodiversity extinction and climate change. Consequentl...

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Biological pest control and yields depend on spatial and temporal crop cover dynamics.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Schneider, G. & Krauss, J. & Riedinger, V. & Holzschuh, A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agricultural landscapes are dynamic systems with interannually changing proportions of different crop types. However, the effects of spatiotemp...

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Artificial selection for aphid tolerance in the polyphagous predator Lepthyphantes tenuis.

Published online: 04 Oct 2000

Authors: Beck, J. B. & Toft, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insight into the capacity of natural enemies to control pests may lead to wiser pest management, including a reduction in the use of pesticides. The p...

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Pest control potential of adjacent agri-environment schemes varies with crop type and is shaped by landscape context and within-field position.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Boetzl, F. A. & Schuele, M. & Krauss, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing natural pest control in agricultural fields is an important aim of ecological intensification. Combined effects of landscape context and lo...

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The contribution of semi-natural habitats to biological control is dependent on sentinel prey type.

Published online: 09 Dec 2020

Authors: McHugh, N. M. & Moreby, S. & Lof, M. E. & Werf, W. van der & Holland, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is widely recognized that landscape factors affect the biological control of weed seeds and insect pests in arable crops, but landscape effects hav...

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Flower fields and pesticide use interactively shape pollen beetle infestation and parasitism in oilseed rape fields.

Published online: 15 Feb 2022

Authors: Krimmer, E. & Martin, E. A. & Holzschuh, A. & Krauss, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollen beetles (Brassicogethes spp.) are the main pests of oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus) in Europe and responsible for massive yield losses. Upco...

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Ecosystem services and disservices by birds, bats and monkeys change with macadamia landscape heterogeneity.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Linden, V. M. G. & Grass, I. & Joubert, E. & Tscharntke, T. & Weier, S. M. & Taylor, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative importance of ecosystem services and disservices can change with landscape structure in a poorly understood way. We compare the impact of...

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A food web approach to evaluating the effect of insecticide spraying on insect pest population dynamics in a Philippine irrigated rice ecosystem.

Published online: 08 Jun 1995

Authors: Cohen, J. E. & Schoenly, K. & Heong, K. L. & Justo, H. & Arida, G. & Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data from a 645-taxa Philippines-wide food web and from multiple regression models were used to predict population fluctuations of insect pests in a r...

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