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Grazing and scrub clearance promote open dune habitat regeneration in pine plantation canopy gaps in Merseyside, UK.

Published online: 12 May 2020

Authors: Hunt, N. & Mercer, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Coastal management practices have shifted in recent decades to recognise afforestation of sand dunes as a principle factor in mobile dune system degra...

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The use of extrafloral nectar in pest management: overcoming context dependence.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Jones, I. M. & Koptur, S. & Wettberg, E. J. von & Diamond, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Extrafloral nectar (EFN) provides plants with indirect defence against herbivores by attracting predatory insects, predominantly ants. Decades of rese...

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Chemically mediated tritrophic interactions: opposing effects of glucosinolates on a specialist herbivore and its predators.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Chaplin-Kramer, R. & Kliebenstein, D. J. & Chiem, A. & Morrill, E. & Mills, N. J. & Kremen, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The occurrence of enemy-free space presents a challenge to the top-down control of agricultural pests by natural enemies, making bottom-up factors suc...

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Traffic patterns, more than adjacent land use, influence element content of roadside forbs for insect pollinators.

Published online: 16 Jan 2023

Authors: Shephard, A. M. & Agnew, L. & Herdtle, A. & Mitchell, T. S. & Borer, E. T. & Snell-Rood, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Roadsides are targeted for restoration of pollinator-friendly plants. Yet, roads are sources of macronutrient, micronutrient and heavy metal pollution...

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Effects of exploitation and protection on forest structure, ungulate density and wolf predation in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland.

Published online: 08 Feb 1995

Authors: Jędrzejewska, B. & Okarma, H. & Jędrzejewski, W. & Miłkowski, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The pristine part of Białowieża Primeval Forest (protected as Białowieża National Park, 47.5 km2) is dominated by stands of deciduous trees (mainly oa...

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The prediction and measurement of photosynthetic rate of Spartina townsendii (sensu lato) in the field.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Long, S. P. & Incoll, L. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simple model was constructed which predicted the rates of leaf photosynthesis (Fc) of the temperate C4 species S. townsendii, in the field, from the...

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Temperature and leaf growth in Lolium perenne. 3. Factors affecting seasonal differences.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Peacock, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shoot growth rates of perennial ryegrass cv. S24 were examined in spring and autumn in relation to seasonal changes in temperature in the region of th...

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Effect of mowing regime on abundance of green-winged orchid Anacamptis morio on coastal grassland in Merseyside, England.

Published online: 08 Nov 2017

Authors: Smith, P. H. & Cross, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

This study describes a modified mowing regime that allowed green-winged orchids Anacamptis morio, discovered in 1985 on coastal grassland on a rifle r...

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Environmental water allocations are insufficient to control an invasive wetland plant: evidence from a highly regulated floodplain wetland.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Vivian, L. M. & Ward, K. A. & Zwart, A. B. & Godfree, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Regulation of the world's rivers and alteration of natural flow regimes have led to the degradation of floodplains and wetlands. Here, we investigate ...

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Landscape diversity moderates the effects of bee visitation frequency to flowers on crop production.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Petersen, J. D. & Nault, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reductions in natural habitat are implicated in declining honeybee Apis mellifera L. and wild bee populations, thereby threatening crop production. Th...

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