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Predictive modelling in biological control: the mango mealy bug (Rastrococcus invadens) and its parasitoids.

Published online: 07 Dec 1991

Authors: Godfray, H. C. J. & Waage, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Age-structured host/parasitoid population models with overlapping generations were developed to investigate the interactions of Rastrococcus invadens,...

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Estimating the effects of land degradation and rainfall variation on productivity in rangelands: an approach using remote sensing and models of grazing and herbage dynamics.

Published online: 13 Nov 1996

Authors: Pickup, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land degradation in non-equilibrium rangelands may be defined in terms of loss of resilience and is linked with lower economic productivity through r...

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Models for the herbicidal control of the seed bank of Avena sterilis: the effects of spatial and temporal heterogeneity and of dispersal.

Published online: 29 Oct 1995

Authors: González-Andujar, J. L. & Perry, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A metapopulation neighbourhood model of the seed bank of an annual plant, that included the effects of heterogeneity in space and time, of stochastic ...

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Modelling disease spread in a novel host: rabies in the European badger Meles meles.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Smith, G. C. & Wilkinson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Although the red fox Vulpes vulpes is the main reservoir of rabies in Europe, badger Meles meles populations are known to be drastically affected. ...

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Diversity, complexity, stability and pest control.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Murdoch, W. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It should be possible to design agroecosystems to reduce the severity of insect pest problems. Ecological theory about stability should be relevant wh...

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Modelling growth and optimal rotations of tropical multipurpose trees using unit leaf rate and leaf area index.

Published online: 21 Mar 1992

Authors: Fownes, J. H. & Harrington, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Theoretical analysis of a simple model, in which tree growth in even-aged stands is calculated as the product of unit leaf rate (E, increase in plant ...

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A population viability analysis modelling tool for seabird species.

Published online: 18 Jul 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Searle, K. & Mobbs, D. & Daunt, F. & Butler, A.

Content type: Reports

This report discusses a project which aims to develop a Population Viability Analysis (PVA) modelling framework, applicable to seabirds at a variety o...

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Modelling the distribution of bats in relation to landscape structure in a temperate mountain environment.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Jaberg, C. & Guisan, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This study presents quantitative models that use landscape structure to predict spatial patterns in overall bat community composition, and individual ...

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Using hidden Markov models to inform conservation and management strategies in ecosystems exhibiting alternative stable states.

Published online: 03 Jun 2021

Authors: Vitense, K. & Hanson, M. A. & Herwig, B. R. & Zimmer, K. D. & Fieberg, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Successful conservation of ecosystems exhibiting alternative stable states requires tools to accurately classify states and quantify state transition ...

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Modelling reinfection of replanted cocoa by swollen shoot virus in pandemically diseased areas.

Published online: 09 Mar 1995

Authors: Jeger, M. J. & Thresh, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reinfection of healthy replanted cocoa by cacao swollen shoot badnavirus, was modelled. Much of the spread of disease in pandemically diseased areas s...

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