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Balancing ecological complexity in predictive models: a reassessment of risk models in the mountain pine beetle system.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Nelson, W. A. & Potapov, A. & Lewis, M. A. & Hundsdörfer, A. E. & He FangLiang

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The nature of ecological risk assessment is to predict the probability of an event, such as extinction or invasion, in a location where the event has ...

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A spatial model for the successful biological control of Sitona discoideus by Microctonus aethiopoides.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Kean, J. M. & Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A new model for the biological control of the pest weevil Sitona discoideus by the parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides is presented. Based on an earli...

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Crop domestication creates a refuge from parasitism for a native moth.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Chen, Y. H. & Welter, S. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insect herbivores are generally more abundant in agroecosystems than in natural ecosystems. One possible cause is that artificial selection of crop pl...

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Learned predators enhance biological control via organizational upward and trophic top-down cascades.

Published online: 05 Apr 2021

Authors: Schausberger, P. & Çekin, D. & Litin, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Learning is a behavioural change based on memory of previous experiences and a ubiquitous phenomenon in animals. Learning effects are commonly life-st...

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Geographical variation and gene flow in the eucalyptus defoliating beetle Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

Published online: 28 Jan 1998

Authors: Congdon, B. C. & Lange, C. L. & Clarke, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies were conducted to examine population subdivision and host associations in Chrysophtharta bimaculata, a serious pest of Eucalyptus in Tasmania....

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To sample or eradicate? A cost minimization model for monitoring and managing an invasive species.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Bogich, T. L. & Liebhold, A. M. & Shea, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Considerable effort is expended by national and local governments to exclude alien species via detection and eradication of invading populations, but ...

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Effects of forest fertilization on the radial growth and resin exudation of insect-defoliated Scots pines.

Published online: 28 Jan 2000

Authors: Kytö, M. & Niemelä, P. & Annila, E. & Varama, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In studies in a 60- to 90-year-old stand on dry sandy soil in western Finland, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees that had been defoliated by the pin...

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Competitive interactions and the effect of herbivory on Bt-Brassica napus, Brassica rapa and Lolium perenne.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Damgaard, C. & Kjær, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The probability of a transgenic crop establishing a feral population outside cultivated areas and possibly outcompeting naturally occurring species ne...

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High cover of hedgerows in the landscape supports multiple ecosystem services in Mediterranean cereal fields.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Dainese, M. & Montecchiari, S. & Sitzia, T. & Sigura, M. & Marini, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field-margin diversification through conservation and restoration of hedgerows is becoming a prominent intervention for promoting biodiversity and ass...

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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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