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How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?

Published online: 14 Jul 2024

Authors: Harianja, M. F. & Stone, J. & Mamat, W. Z. W. & Hadi, M. A. & Luke, S. H. & Azhar, B. & Turner, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the world's leading palm oil-producing countries (Indonesia and Malaysia), smallholders make up about 40 per cent of total oil palm plantation area...

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Seed mix design and floral resources drive multitrophic interactions in prairie restoration.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Hulting, K. A. & Kemmerling, L. R. & Griffin, S. R. & Webb, J. & Brown, A. K. & Haddad, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration often targets plant community recovery, but restoration success may depend on the recovery of a complex web of biotic interacti...

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Dynamics in agricultural extension services provision in Malawi: insights from two rounds of household and community panel surveys.

Published online: 23 Oct 2019

Authors: Ragasa, C. & Comstock, A.

Content type: Bulletin

The Government of Malawi is in the process of developing its National Agricultural Extension Strategy. Two rounds of national household and community ...

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The influence of weeds and farmyard manure on the activity of Carabidae and other ground-dwelling arthropods in a sugar beet crop.

Published online: 22 Jul 1985

Authors: Purvis, G. & Curry, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pitfall traps were used in the Irish Republic to investigate the effects of weeds and the application of farmyard manure on arthropod activity in suga...

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The response of plants, carabid beetles and birds to 30 years of native reforestation in the Scottish Highlands.

Published online: 15 Nov 2021

Authors: Warner, E. & Hector, A. & Brown, N. & Green, R. & Savory, A. & Gilbert, D. & McDonnell, A. & Lewis, O. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Globally, there is increasing interest in tree planting, leading to many country-level commitments to reforestation. In the UK, current commitments wo...

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Nitrogen fixation and crop productivity enhancements co-driven by intercrop root exudates and key rhizosphere bacteria.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Hu HengYu & Li Hong & Hao MinMin & Ren YaNan & Zhang MengKun & Liu RuYue & Zhang Yin & Li Geng & Chen JianSheng & Ning, T. Y. & Kuzyakov, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Crop diversity management is widely used to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability. Recent studies have demonstrated that maize root ex...

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Tree species richness promotes an early increase of stand structural complexity in young subtropical plantations.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Perles-Garcia, M. D. & Kunz, M. & Fichtner, A. & Härdtle, W. & Oheimb, G. von

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest structural complexity has been identified as an important driver for promoting simultaneously biodiversity across trophic levels and multiple e...

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Using Dartmoor ponies in conservation grazing to reduce Molinia caerulea dominance and encourage germination of Calluna vulgaris in heathland vegetation on Dartmoor, UK.

Published online: 14 May 2022

Authors: Lunt, P. H. & Leigh, J. L. & McNeil, S. A. & Gibb, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

The increasing dominance of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea in heathland ecosystems in the UK is of growing concern due to its detrimental impact o...

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Experimental evidence that novel land management interventions inspired by history enhance biodiversity.

Published online: 02 Jun 2021

Authors: Hawkes, R. W. & Smart, J. & Brown, A. & Jones, H. & Lane, S. A. & Lucas, C. & McGill, J. & Owens, N. & Backes, A. R. & Webb, J. R. & Wells, D. & Dolman, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To address biodiversity declines within semi-natural habitats, land management must cater for diverse taxonomic groups. Integrating our understanding ...

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Impacts of multiple pollutants on pollinator activity in road verges.

Published online: 21 May 2021

Authors: Phillips, B. B. & Bullock, J. M. & Gaston, K. J. & Hudson-Edwards, K. A. & Bamford, M. & Cruse, D. & Dicks, L. V. & Falagan, C. & Wallace, C. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To tackle pollinator declines, there is a major need to increase the quantity of flower-rich habitats. Road verges offer one such opportunity but are ...

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