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Effects of pasture improvement and management on the ground beetle and spider communities of upland grasslands.

Published online: 08 Aug 1992

Authors: Rushton, S. P. & Luff, M. L. & Eyre, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of pasture improvement procedures and subsequent pesticide use on the carabid and spider faunas of semi- natural upland grasslands in nort...

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Spatiotemporal patterns of rhizosphere microbiome assembly: from ecological theory to agricultural application.

Published online: 28 May 2021

Authors: Munoz-Ucros, J. & Zwetsloot, M. J. & Cuellar-Gempeler, C. & Bauerle, T. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is urgency in optimizing agricultural production in light of climate uncertainty, human population growth and resource limitations. The rhizosph...

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Alternative policies to buffer stocks for food security.

Published online: 18 Jan 2017

Authors: Beaujeu, R.

Content type: Bulletin

Public stockholding remains a major concern in multilateral negotiations on agricultural trade liberalisation. This paper focuses on identifying alter...

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Variation in Bromus sterilis on farmland: evidence for the origin of field infestations.

Published online: 13 May 1995

Authors: Theaker, A. J. & Boatman, N. D. & Froud-Williams, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Results from a common garden experiment and from a survey of isozymic variation conducted in southern England during 1987 and 1988, using population s...

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Study of good practices in the governance of land tenure in Guatemala.

Published online: 11 Apr 2018

Authors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Content type: Miscellaneous

This document contains the experiences with land tenure governance in different Guatemalan communities: the formalization of land rights in the commun...

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Dynamics and contribution to carbon flows of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) under four cropping systems.

Published online: 20 Apr 1990

Authors: Lagerlöf, J. & Andrén, O. & Paustian, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enchytraeids were sampled in 1980-85 in an agricultural field experiment with four cropping systems: barley without nitrogen fertilization (B0); barle...

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Habitat selection and diet of lapwing Vanellus vanellus chicks on coastal farmland in S.W. Sweden.

Published online: 25 Jan 1997

Authors: Johansson, O. C. & Blomqvist, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat use by colour-marked lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) broods was studied at three coastal farmland sites in SW Sweden from 1987 to 1990. Initial br...

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Patterns of contemporary gene flow suggest low functional connectivity of grasslands in a fragmented agricultural landscape.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Aavik, T. & Holderegger, R. & Edwards, P. J. & Billeter, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The success of ecological restoration is often judged by the number and abundance of species, especially rare ones that have established since restora...

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The effects on butterfly abundance of the management of uncropped edges of arable fields.

Published online: 12 Mar 1997

Authors: Feber, R. E. & Smith, H. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance and species richness of butterflies [Rhopalocera] on expanded-width uncropped arable field edges, which were subject to 10 contrasting, ...

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Influence of management and environmental factors on the distribution of the marsh ragwort (Senecio aquaticus Huds.) in agricultural grassland in Orkney.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Forbes, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors which encouraged the establishment of populations of Senecio aquaticus in agricultural grassland in Orkney included (1) the presence of water ...

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