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Neonicotinoid insecticide travels through a soil food chain, disrupting biological control of non-target pests and decreasing soya bean yield.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Douglas, M. R. & Rohr, J. R. & Tooker, J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides world-wide, but their fate in the environment remains unclear, as does their potential to influen...

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Site susceptibility to invasion by the exotic tree Melaleuca quinquenervia in southern Florida.

Published online: 23 Mar 1984

Authors: Myers, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Greenhouse experiments showed that seeds of this Australian tree germinated within 3 days after planting, even under water. Greater ht. growth was obt...

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Studies in Festuca. X. Observations on germination and seedling cold tolerance in diploid Festuca pratensis and tetraploid F. pratensis var. apennina in relation to their altitudinal distribution.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Tyler, B. & Borrill, M. & Chorlton, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations were collected from twelve sites in Switzerland and Italy. Tetraploids occurred in grassland at high altitudes but in woodlands down to 11...

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The changing plant and tiller populations of timothy and meadow fescue swards. 1. Plant survival and the pattern of tillering.

Published online: 18 Jan 1965

Authors: Langer, R. H. M. & Ryle, S. M. & Jewiss, O. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pure swards of S48 timothy and S215 meadow fescue, grown from seed in large concrete containers out of doors, were cut (a) every 4 weeks during summer...

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Using phenology data to improve control of invasive plant species: a case study on Midway Atoll NWR.

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Taylor, R. V. & Holthuijzen, W. & Humphrey, A. & Posthumus, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Restoration of degraded lands often depends on knowledge of invasive plant species' ecology coupled with well-timed treatments to control them. Little...

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Impacts of restoration treatments on alien plant invasion in Pinus ponderosa forests, Montana, USA.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Dodson, E. K. & Fiedler, C. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasion by alien plant species represents a challenge to land managers throughout the world as they attempt to restore frequent fire-adapted ecosyste...

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The potential for common weeds to reduce slug damage to winter wheat: laboratory and field studies.

Published online: 02 Jul 1997

Authors: Cook, R. T. & Bailey, S. E. R. & McCrohan, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Slugs are serious pests of winter wheat crops in temperate climates, but current methods of chemical control are often unreliable. The potential for c...

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Rabbit grazing, plant competition and seedling recruitment in acid grassland.

Published online: 15 Dec 1990

Authors: Crawley, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two experiments were done near Ascot, UK, to determine the effect of grazing by rabbits on plant recruitment in mature grassland and on cultivated soi...

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Control of bracken and the restoration of heathland. II. Regeneration of the heathland community.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Marrs, R. H. & Lowday, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In trials in the Breckland region (Suffolk/Norfolk border), UK in 1978-88 on Calluna vulgaris heathland and grass (dominated by Festuca ovina) heathla...

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Synthesis of highbush blueberry pollination research reveals region-specific differences in the contributions of honeybees and wild bees.

Published online: 25 Jun 2024

Authors: Eeraerts, M. & Devetter, L. W. & Batáry, P. & Ternest, J. J. & Mallinger, R. & Arrington, M. & Benjamin, F. E. & Blaauw, B. R. & Campbell, J. W. & Cavigliasso, P. & Daniels, J. C. & Groot, G. A. de & Ellis, J. D. & Gibbs, J. & Goldstein, L. & Hoffman, G. D. & Kleijn, D. & Melathopoulos, A. & Miller, S. Z. & Montero-Castaño, A. & Naranjo, S. M. & Nicholson, C. C. & Perkins, J. A. & Rao, S. & Raine, N. E. & Reilly, J. R. & Ricketts, T. H. & Rogers, E. & Isaacs, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Highbush blueberry production has expanded worldwide in recent decades. To safeguard future yields, it is essential to understand if insect pollinatio...

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