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A network approach for managing ecosystem services and improving food and nutrition security on smallholder farms.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Timberlake, T. P. & Cirtwill, A. R. & Baral, S. C. & Bhusal, D. R. & Kedar Devkota & Harris-Fry, H. A. & Kortsch, S. & Myers, S. S. & Roslin, T. & Saville, N. M. & Smith, M. R. & Strona, G. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Smallholder farmers are some of the poorest and most food insecure people on Earth. Their high nutritional and economic reliance on home-grown produce...

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The landscape of fear in cattle farms? How the presence of barn swallow influences the activity of pest flies.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Roseo, F. & Salvatori, M. & Brambilla, M. & Pedrini, P. & Fedrigotti, C. & Bertocchi, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insectivorous birds are key suppliers of crucial ecosystem services, especially important for pest control in agricultural systems, and are globally d...

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Floral interventions enhance flower visitor communities and pollination services in Moringa plantations.

Published online: 17 Apr 2024

Authors: Dhandapani, S. & Manikandan Pakkirisamy & Ranjith Rajaraman & Garratt, M. P. D. & Potts, S. G. & Rengalakshmi Raj & Malarvannan Subramanian & Senapathi, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectiontaThis link goes to a English section Pollination is a crucial ecosystem service contributing to global food secu...

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Complex landscapes stabilize farm bird communities and their expected ecosystem services.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Smith, O. M. & Kennedy, C. M. & Echeverri, A. & Karp, D. S. & Latimer, C. E. & Taylor, J. M. & Wilson-Rankin, E. E. & Owen, J. P. & Snyder, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Birds play many roles within agroecosystems including as consumers of crops and pests, carriers of pathogens and beloved icons. Birds are also rapidly...

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The influence of the rice bug Leptocorisa oratorius on rice yield.

Published online: 28 Feb 2001

Authors: Berg, H. van den & Soehardi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Leptocorisa oratorius, which feeds on the panicle of rice, is a major target for insecticide applications by farmers in Indonesia. The management of t...

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Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development planning.

Published online: 28 Mar 2018

Authors: Singh, N. P. & Arathy Ashok & Pavithra, S. & Balaji, S. J. & Bhawna Anand & Khan, M. A.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper attempts to mainstream climate change adaptation planning into on-going agricultural development programmes in India. A primary survey cond...

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The impact of wild geese visiting improved grasslands in the Netherlands.

Published online: 31 Mar 1990

Authors: Bruinderink, G. W. T. A. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The number of migratory geese spending winter and early spring in the Netherlands increased from 100 000 in the early 1960s to almost 600 000 in the 1...

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Habitat associations of European hares Lepus europaeus in England and Wales: implications for farmland management.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Vaughan, N. & Lucas, E. A. & Harris, S. & White, P. C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Numbers of European hares Lepus europaeus have declined throughout Europe as a result of agricultural intensification. Ecological research to inform a...

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Farmer-led badger vaccination in Cornwall: epidemiological patterns and social perspectives.

Published online: 12 Nov 2024

Authors: Woodroffe, R. & Astley, K. & Barnecut, R. & Brotherton, P. N. M. & Donnelly, C. A. & Grub, H. M. J. & Ham, C. & Howe, C. & Jones, C. & Marriott, C. & Miles, V. & Rowcliffe, M. & Shelley, T. & Truscott, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In the United Kingdom, the management of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) challenges the coexistence of people and wildlife. Control of this cattle disease i...

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A mixed-methods assessment of human-elephant conflict in the Western Okavango Panhandle, Botswana.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Buchholtz, E. K. & McDaniels, M. & McCulloch, G. & Songhurst, A. & Stronza, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Human-wildlife conflict, where interactions have negative impacts on both people and animals, is complex with underlying drivers and broad ecological ...

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