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A model to determine the potential for biological control of Rottboellia cochinchinensis with the head smut Sporisorium ophiuri.

Published online: 20 Aug 1997

Authors: Smith, M. C. & Reeder, R. H. & Thomas, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A difference equation model of the population dynamics of R. cochinchinensis was developed for a maize cropping system. The model was used to estimate...

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Sustainability-ethical testing of methane-reducing technical measures: evaluation of technical measures with regard to the integrated sustainability of livestock farming.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Puente-Rodríguez, D. & Groenestein, C. M.

Content type: Bulletin

This research makes an inventory of technical measures which are able to reduce the methane emissions of the Dutch livestock production systems (i.e. ...

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Evaluating the economic benefits and costs of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals.

Published online: 03 Oct 2019

Authors: Ryan, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Antimicrobial drugs are used in food animal production for several purposes: to treat a disease outbreak, to prevent disease, and to enhance feed effi...

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Impact of forest management on insect abundance and damage in a lowland tropical forest in southern Cameroon.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Stork, N. E. & McBeath, C. & Lawson, G. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rate of deforestation in West Africa was around 2% (12 000 km2) per annum during the 1980s, and recent evidence from Cameroon suggests that the ra...

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Insect seed predators and environmental change.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Lewis, O. T. & Gripenberg, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seed-to-seedling transition may be a critical stage in determining the dynamics of plant populations. Insects which kill seeds either before or af...

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Mousedeer densities in a tropical rainforest: the impact of selective logging.

Published online: 09 Jul 1997

Authors: Heydon, M. J. & Bulloh, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The responses of two frugivorous ungulates, the mousedeer species Tragulus javanicus klossi and T. napu borneanus, to mechanized selective logging in ...

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The effect of pea cultivar and water stress on root and shoot competition between vegetative plants of maize and pea.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Semere, T. & Froud-Williams, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Improvements in intercrop yields may be achieved through an understanding of yield advantages due to above-ground or below-ground interactions. Forage...

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Can arable field margins be managed to enhance their biodiversity, conservation and functional value for soil macrofauna?

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Smith, J. & Potts, S. G. & Woodcock, B. A. & Eggleton, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The establishment of grassy strips at the margins of arable fields is an agri-environment scheme that aims to provide resources for native flora and f...

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Large-scale drainage and breeding success in boreal forest grouse.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Ludwig, G. X. & Alatalo, R. V. & Helle, P. & Nissinen, K. & Siitari, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The breeding success of Finnish grouse has been in decline for decades. While it has been shown that fragmentation and modern forestry practices such ...

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A spatial model for the successful biological control of Sitona discoideus by Microctonus aethiopoides.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Kean, J. M. & Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A new model for the biological control of the pest weevil Sitona discoideus by the parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides is presented. Based on an earli...

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