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Big-leaf mahogany Swietenia macrophylla population dynamics and implications for sustainable management.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Grogan, J. & Landis, R. M. & Free, C. M. & Schulze, M. D. & Lentini, M. & Ashton, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The impacts of selective harvesting in tropical forests on population recovery and future timber yields by high-value species remain largely unknown f...

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Land-use intensity and the effects of organic farming on biodiversity: a hierarchical meta-analysis.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Tuck, S. L. & Winqvist, C. & Mota, F. & Ahnström, J. & Turnbull, L. A. & Bengtsson, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The benefits of organic farming to biodiversity in agricultural landscapes continue to be hotly debated, emphasizing the importance of precisely quant...

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Exploring farmers' agrobiodiversity management practices and knowledge in clove agroforests of Madagascar.

Published online: 25 Oct 2021

Authors: Mariel, J. & Carrière, S. M. & Penot, E. & Danthu, P. & Rafidison, V. & Labeyrie, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Interactions between farmers and agrobiodiversity are key drivers of agroecosystems sustainability and of the resilience of such systems to perturbati...

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The effects of forest fragmentation on bee communities in tropical countryside.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Brosi, B. J. & Daily, G. C. & Shih, T. M. & Oviedo, F. & Durán, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite ongoing concerns and controversy over a putative 'global pollination crisis' there is little information on the response of bees, the most imp...

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Species-area relationships of primates in tropical forest fragments: a global analysis.

Published online: 21 Sep 2005

Authors: Harcourt, A. H. & Doherty, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While in general the tropics and large-bodied tropical forest mammals are poorly understood, the effects of fragmentation on tropical forest and the t...

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Restoration of a Sri Lankan rainforest: using Caribbean pine Pinus caribaea as a nurse for establishing late-successional tree species.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Ashton, P. M. S. & Gamage, S. & Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. & Gunatilleke, C. V. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the moist tropics, studies have demonstrated poor seedling establishment of late-successional trees on lands cleared of forest. This study examined...

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Physical limits for complete development of the grain mite, Acarus siro L. (Acarina, Acaridae), in relation to its world distribution.

Published online: 03 Jul 1966

Authors: Cunnington, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. The investigation described de-fines the limits of temperature and humidity beyond which the grain mi...

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Testing applied nucleation as a strategy to facilitate tropical forest recovery.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Zahawi, R. A. & Holl, K. D. & Cole, R. J. & Reid, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Active forest restoration typically involves planting trees over large areas; this practice is costly, however, and establishing homogeneous plantatio...

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The relative success of Africanized and European honey-bees over a range of life-zones in Costa Rica.

Published online: 27 Feb 1993

Authors: Spivak, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The reproductive success and biology of Africanized (A) and European (E) honeybees (Apis mellifera) were compared for a year (1984-86) over 3 life-zon...

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Insufficient native pollinators during artificially induced early flowering decrease yield and long-term economic viability of a tropical fruit crop.

Published online: 07 Apr 2021

Authors: Sritongchuay, T. & Wayo, K. & Orr, M. C. & Hughes, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of crops outside the regular cropping calendar can improve profits when supply is low and prices are high, but we do not know how induc...

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