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Creation of 'island' habitats in farmland to manipulate populations of beneficial arthropods: predator densities and species composition.

Published online: 03 Apr 1993

Authors: Thomas, M. B. & Wratten, S. D. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of the provision of within-field grass habitats for the overwintering of natural enemies of Aphididae were studied in 1987-90 in the UK. D...

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Effects of pasture establishment and renovation techniques on the hymenopterous parasitoids of Oscinella frit L. and other stem-boring Diptera in ryegrass.

Published online: 08 Jul 1987

Authors: Moore, D. & Clements, R. O. & Ridout, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials in the UK, different levels of attack by hymenopterous parasitoids occurred in stem-boring larval Diptera (including Oscinella frit) i...

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Overwintering strategy and the timing of the spring migration of the cereal aphids Sitobion avenae and Sitobion fragariae.

Published online: 08 Jul 1987

Authors: Walters, K. F. A. & Dewar, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a linear relationship between the timing of the spring migration of both Sitobion avenae and S. fragariae and latitude, due to the effect of ...

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The impact of changing the season in which cereals are sown on the diversity of the weed flora in rotational fields in Denmark.

Published online: 28 May 1999

Authors: Hald, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The weed flora of the unsprayed field margins of 19 fields in arable crop rotations was studied in Denmark in 1988-92. The farmer determined the crop ...

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Acacia seed predation by bruchids in an African savanna ecosystem.

Published online: 12 Mar 1997

Authors: Miller, M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field studies conducted in Africa between July 1991 and November 1992, Acacia tortilis, A. nilotica and A. mellifera seeds on the ground suffered g...

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Differences in bee community composition between restored and remnant prairies are more strongly linked to forb community differences than landscape differences.

Published online: 09 Feb 2022

Authors: Lane, I. G. & Portman, Z. M. & Herron-Sweet, C. H. & Pardee, G. L. & Cariveau, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grassland restoration is an important tool for conserving bee biodiversity within agricultural landscapes. Restorations foster increases in local bee ...

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Egg cold hardiness and topoclimatic limitations to outbreaks of Epirrita autumnata in northern Fennoscandia.

Published online: 21 Sep 1990

Authors: Tenow, O. & Nilssen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forests of mountain birch (Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa [B. tortuosa]) in the lower parts of the Abisko valley, northern Sweden, and in the Finnma...

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An insect (Argyresthia retinella, Lep., Yponomeutidae) outbreak in northern birch forests, released by climatic changes?

Published online: 02 Jun 1999

Authors: Tenow, O. & Nilssen, A. C. & Holmgren, B. & Elverum, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the early 1990s, birch (Betula pubescens) forests in north-western Norway were damaged by the bud- and shoot-mining larvae of Argyresthia retinella...

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Predicting Oscinella frit population densities from suction trap catches and weather data.

Published online: 13 Apr 1999

Authors: Lindblad, M. & Solbreck, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the aim of developing a model for the prediction of Oscinella frit populations, migrating adults were sampled using suction traps at two location...

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Arthropods from fallow land in a winter wheat-fallow sequence.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over a period of 4 years, insects emerged throughout the year from the uncropped area in a winter-wheat-fallow sequence on Rothamsted Farm, southern E...

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