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Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Martin, D. A. & Llopis, J. C. & Raveloaritiana, E. & Coomes, O. T. & Andriamihaja, O. R. & Bruun, T. B. & Heinimann, A. & Mertz, O. & Rakotonarivo, O. S. & Zaehringer, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly com...

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Using molecular and observational techniques to estimate the number and raiding patterns of crop-raiding elephants.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Chiyo, P. I. & Moss, C. J. & Archie, E. A. & Hollister-Smith, J. A. & Alberts, S. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conflict between humans and animals, generated by behaviours like crop raiding, can represent a major threat to the survival and conservation of prote...

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Temporal patterns of crop-raiding by primates: linking food availability in croplands and adjacent forest.

Published online: 19 Mar 1999

Authors: Naughton-Treves, L. & Treves, A. & Chapman, C. & Wrangham, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The temporal pattern of foraging on crops (the equivalent to mast fruiting of forest trees) by redtail monkeys Cercopithecus ascanius, olive baboons P...

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Nitrogen fixation and crop productivity enhancements co-driven by intercrop root exudates and key rhizosphere bacteria.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Hu HengYu & Li Hong & Hao MinMin & Ren YaNan & Zhang MengKun & Liu RuYue & Zhang Yin & Li Geng & Chen JianSheng & Ning, T. Y. & Kuzyakov, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Crop diversity management is widely used to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability. Recent studies have demonstrated that maize root ex...

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Phenological overlap between crop and pollinators: contrasting influence of native and non-native bees on raspberry fruits over the flowering season.

Published online: 25 Jun 2024

Authors: Sáez, A. & Garibaldi, L. A. & Aizen, M. A. & Morales, C. L. & Traveset, A. & Groot, G. S. de & Schmucki, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phenological overlap between crop flowering and pollinators is a crucial trait for the pollination of more than 75% of the world's crops. However, cro...

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Woody semi-natural habitats modulate the effects of field size and functional crop diversity on farmland birds.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Frank, C. & Hertzog, L. & Klimek, S. & Schwieder, M. & Tetteh, G. O. & Böhner, H. G. S. & Röder, N. & Levers, C. & Katzenberger, J. & Kreft, H. & Kamp, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has simplified landscape composition and configuration, which has led to biodiversity declines. Increasing landscape-wide...

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Undersowing oats with clovers supports pollinators and suppresses arable weeds without reducing yields.

Published online: 19 Aug 2023

Authors: Boetzl, F. A. & Sundahl, A. D. & Friberg, H. & Viketoft, M. & Bergkvist, G. & Lundin, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable food production requires agriculture to conserve biodiversity and facilitate ecosystem services to maintain productivity levels while redu...

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The effect of uncultivated land on the distribution of cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) on an adjacent crop.

Published online: 04 Jul 1965

Authors: Van Emden, H. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based almost entirely on the author's summary of this account of investigations in southern England in 1957-58. The numbers of Brevic...

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Ecosystem services and disservices by birds, bats and monkeys change with macadamia landscape heterogeneity.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Linden, V. M. G. & Grass, I. & Joubert, E. & Tscharntke, T. & Weier, S. M. & Taylor, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative importance of ecosystem services and disservices can change with landscape structure in a poorly understood way. We compare the impact of...

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Mediating mutualisms: farm management practices and evolutionary changes in symbiont co-operation.

Published online: 13 Nov 2002

Authors: Kiers, E. T. & West, S. A. & Denison, R. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Root symbionts (rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizas) are often assumed to increase agricultural productivity consistently. However, rhizobial and myco...

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