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Ants as tools in sustainable agriculture.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Offenberg, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With an expanding human population placing increasing pressure on the environment, agriculture needs sustainable production that can match conventiona...

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Land use determines Mediterranean ecosystems' multifunctionality more than plant richness or habitat composition.

Published online: 19 Jun 2024

Authors: Lopezosa, P. & Soliveres, S. & Serra, L. & Constán-Nava, S. & Berdugo, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Local and landscape diversity loss, habitat fragmentation and land-use changes commonly co-occur and impair ecosystem multifunctionality, yet they are...

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Land use type, forest cover and forest edges modulate avian cross-habitat spillover.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Boesing, A. L. & Nichols, E. & Metzger, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Natural habitats adjacent to agricultural areas are often considered sources of species that provide beneficial regulating ecosystem services through ...

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A comparison of two pollinators: the introduced honey bee Apis mellifera and an indigenous bee Centris tarsata on cashew Anacardium occidentale in its native range of NE Brazil.

Published online: 04 Jun 1998

Authors: Freitas, B. M. & Paxton, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aspects of the flowering biology of wild cashew A. occidentale, an andromonoecious, self-fertile tree, were investigated in north-east Brazil, where t...

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Using beta diversity to inform agricultural policies and conservation actions on Mediterranean farmland.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Santana, J. & Porto, M. & Reino, L. & Moreira, F. & Ribeiro, P. F. & Santos, J. L. & Rotenberry, J. T. & Beja, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spatial variation in species composition (β-diversity) is an important component of farmland biodiversity, which together with local richness (α-diver...

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Beekeeping improves shea pollination and fruit set in west African agroforestry parklands.

Published online: 08 Jul 2024

Authors: Nasare, L. I. & Stout, J. C. & Kwapong, P. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn) is a fruit tree of domestic and industrial importance in arid and semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Frui...

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Why reconnect to nature in times of crisis? Ecosystem contributions to the resilience and well-being of people going back to the land in Greece.

Published online: 17 Mar 2024

Authors: Benessaiah, K. & Chan, K. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Multiple crises, including climate change, ecosystem degradation, economic, political and social upheavals, severely impact people's well-being. Ecosy...

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Response to agriculture by a woodland species depends on cover type and behavioural state: insights from resident and dispersing Iberian lynx.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Gastón, A. & Blázquez-Cabrera, S. & Garrote, G. & Mateo-Sánchez, M. C. & Beier, P. & Simón, M. A. & Saura, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation biology faces the challenge of ensuring species persistence in increasingly modified landscapes. Agriculture covers a large proportion of...

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Prediction of upsurges in populations of the insect vector (Trioza erytreae, Hemiptera: Triozidae) of citrus greening disease using low-cost trapping.

Published online: 30 Nov 1988

Authors: Samways, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations of Trioza erytreae, a vector of the serious citrus greening (bacterial) disease, were monitored using fluorescent yellow sticky traps in 4...

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Pollination effectiveness and pollination efficiency of insects foraging Prosopis velutina in south-eastern Arizona.

Published online: 29 Oct 1995

Authors: Keys, R. N. & Buchmann, S. L. & Smith, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant-pollinator interactions were examined with respect to Prosopis velutina, and provide the first quantification of pollination effectiveness and p...

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