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Morphology and mini-barcodes: the inclusion of larval sampling and NGS-based barcoding improves robustness of ecological analyses of mosquito communities.

Published online: 01 Nov 2021

Authors: Yeo HuiQing & Yeoh TzeXuan & Ding HuiCong & Lee TzeMing [Lee, T. M. T.] & Puniamoorthy, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A significant proportion of vector-borne diseases are transmitted by blood-sucking dipterans, including mosquitoes. Understanding transmission risks r...

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Field boundary features can stabilise bee populations and the pollination of mass-flowering crops in rotational systems.

Published online: 02 Nov 2021

Authors: Gardner, E. & Breeze, T. D. & Clough, Y. & Smith, H. G. & Baldock, K. C. R. & Campbell, A. & Garratt, M. P. D. & Gillespie, M. A. K. & Kunin, W. E. & McKerchar, M. & Potts, S. G. & Senapathi, D. & Stone, G. N. & Wäckers, F. & Westbury, D. B. & Wilby, A. & Oliver, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators experience large spatiotemporal fluctuations in resource availability when mass-flowering crops are rotated with resource-poor cereal crop...

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Eradicating abundant invasive prey could cause unexpected and varied biodiversity outcomes: the importance of multispecies interactions.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Lurgi, M. & Ritchie, E. G. & Fordham, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abundant and widely distributed invasive prey can negatively affect co-occurring native species by competing for food and/or shelter, removing vegetat...

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Nature networks evidence handbook.

Published online: 19 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Crick, H. & Crosher, I. & Mainstone, C. & Taylor, S. & Wharton, A. & Langford, P. & Larwood, J. & Lusardi, J. & Appleton, D. & Brotherton, P. & Duffield, S. & Macgregor, N.

Content type: Reports

The overarching ambition of the Defra 25 Year Environmental Plan is to 'leave our environment in a better state than we found it and to pass on to the...

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Geese migrating over the Pacific Ocean select altitudes coinciding with offshore wind turbine blades.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Weiser, E. L. & Overton, C. T. & Douglas, D. C. & Casazza, M. L. & Flint, P. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Renewable energy facilities are a key part of mitigating climate change, but can pose threats to wild birds and bats, most often through collisions wi...

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Predicting invasion success of forest pathogenic fungi from species traits.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Philibert, A. & Desprez-Loustau, M. L. & Fabre, B. & Frey, P. & Halkett, F. & Husson, C. & Lung-Escarmant, B. & Marçais, B. & Robin, C. & Vacher, C. & Makowski, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological invasions are a major consequence of globalization and pose a significant threat to biodiversity. Because only a small fraction of introduc...

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Studies on the feasibility of re-creating chalk grassland vegetation on ex-arable land. I. The potential roles of the seed bank and the seed rain.

Published online: 25 Jan 1997

Authors: Hutchings, M. J. & Booth, K. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential of the seed bank and the seed rain to promote the re-establishment of chalk grassland vegetation was investigated on an ex-arable site w...

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Predation on livestock by an expanding reintroduced lynx population: long-term trend and spatial variability.

Published online: 10 Oct 2001

Authors: Stahl, P. & Vandel, J. M. & Herrenschmidt, V. & Migot, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In recent decades, the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx has recolonized former habitat, bringing it into potential conflict with livestock. We studied the spat...

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Local and landscape-level floral resources explain effects of wildflower strips on wild bees across four European countries.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Scheper, J. & Bommarco, R. & Holzschuh, A. & Potts, S. G. & Riedinger, V. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H. G. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Wickens, J. B. & Wickens, V. J. & Kleijn, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growing evidence for declines in wild bees calls for the development and implementation of effective mitigation measures. Enhancing floral resources i...

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Trade-offs in parasitism efficiency and brood size mediate parasitoid coexistence, with implications for biological control of the invasive emerald ash borer.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Wang XiaoYi & Jennings, D. E. & Duan, J. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasitoids often are selected for use as biological control agents because of their high host specificity, yet such host specificity can result in st...

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