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Disturbance ecology in human societies.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Pausas, J. G. & Leverkus, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

We define societal disturbances as discrete events that abruptly disrupt the functioning of human societies. There is a variety of such events, includ...

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The effects of some insecticides on populations of frit fly (Oscinella frit) and its enemies.

Published online: 31 Dec 1966

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Yield of grain from oats sown late (28 Apr.) and sprayed twice in May with 0.5% parathion was about 33% greater than that of untreated oats.-R.B.

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Fates of weed seeds in soil: a seeded core method of study.

Published online: 04 Apr 1997

Authors: Teo-Sherrell, C. P. A. & Mortensen, D. A. & Keaton, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A method is described for the study of the fates of unprotected seeds in soil. Its key features include: (1) selection of seeds on the basis of antici...

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A long term study of Rattus tiomanicus (Miller) populations in an oil palm plantation in Johore, Malaysia. III - Bionomics and natural regulation.

Published online: 03 Jun 2008

Authors: Wood, B. J. & Liau, S. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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The measurement of length and distribution of onion roots in the field and the laboratory.

Published online: 20 Oct 1972

Authors: Baldwin, J. P. & Tinker, P. B. & Marriott, F. H. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The 'Quantimet' Image Analysing Computer was used to measure the length of roots washed out from soil, and a new autoradiographic (32P) method for mea...

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Creation of 'island' habitats in farmland to manipulate populations of beneficial arthropods: predator densities and species composition.

Published online: 03 Apr 1993

Authors: Thomas, M. B. & Wratten, S. D. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of the provision of within-field grass habitats for the overwintering of natural enemies of Aphididae were studied in 1987-90 in the UK. D...

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Spatial isolation slows down directional plant functional group assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Helsen, K. & Hermy, M. & Honnay, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration schemes often assume that after reinstating appropriate abiotic conditions, plant communities will assemble following a single ...

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Relationship between plant weight and numbers in mixed populations of Sinapis alba (L) Rabenh. and Lepidium sativum L.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Bazzaz, F. A. & Harper, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plants of white mustard (Sinapis alba) and garden cress (Lepidium sativum) grown together at high densities underwent collective self-thinning in acco...

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Salmonella carriage by herring gulls in the Clyde area of Scotland in relation to their feeding ecology.

Published online: 05 Feb 1987

Authors: Monaghan, P. & Shedden, C. B. & Ensor, K. & Fricker, C. R. & Girdwood, R. W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Faecal examination of 2985 Larus argentatus captured at refuse tips in the Clyde area yielded Salmonella of 23 serotypes from 9.2% of birds during the...

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Effects of pasture establishment and renovation techniques on the hymenopterous parasitoids of Oscinella frit L. and other stem-boring Diptera in ryegrass.

Published online: 08 Jul 1987

Authors: Moore, D. & Clements, R. O. & Ridout, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials in the UK, different levels of attack by hymenopterous parasitoids occurred in stem-boring larval Diptera (including Oscinella frit) i...

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