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Some observations on storage insects associated with sacks.

Published online: 30 Jun 1971

Authors: Hardy-smith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. Infestations of empty food sacks by stored-products insects were studied by examination of 350 sacks ...

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A Robinson light trap modified for segregating samples at predetermined time intervals, with notes on the effect of moonlight on the periodicity of catches of insects.

Published online: 30 Jun 1971

Authors: Siddorn, J. W. & Brown, E. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the authors' summary. An account is given of a modified Robinson-type light-trap [cf. RAE A 43 169] for segregating samples...

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Litter decomposition, nitrogen dynamics and litter microarthropods in a southern Appalachian hardwood forest 8 years following clearcutting.

Published online: 18 Oct 1988

Authors: Blair, J. M. & Crossley, D. A., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Litterbags (of Cornus florida, Acer rubrum and Quercus prinus) were used as experimental substrates on a clear-felled xeric catchment and an adjacent ...

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Large African herbivore diversity is essential in transformed landscapes for conserving dung beetle diversity.

Published online: 24 Jun 2022

Authors: Pryke, J. S. & Roets, F. & Samways, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mammals are globally in decline, with habitat loss a primary driver. There are also human-wildlife conflicts, such as elephants destroying crops, whic...

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Intraspecific competition in the bean weevils Callosobruchus maculatus and Callosobruchus rhodesianus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).

Published online: 11 Apr 1992

Authors: Giga, D. P. & Smith, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effects of intraspecific competition in Callosobruchus maculatus and C. rhodesianus on cowpeas were studied in the laboratory in order to predict whet...

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Temperature requirements of some aphids and their parasites.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Campbell, A. & Frazer, B. D. & Gilbert, N. & Gutierrez, A. P. & Mackauer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The temperature requirements of five aphid species (Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), Aphis craccivora Koch, Brevicoryne brassicae(L.). Macrosiphum avenae...

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The effects of carbaryl and DDT on the litter fauna of a Corsican pine (Pinus nigra var. maritima) forest: a multivariate comparison.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Spain, A. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of two levels of the insecticides carbaryl (0.11 and 1.13 g/m2) and DDT (0.56 and 5.60 g/m2) on the litter fauna of a closed canopy stand ...

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Development of a model for Simulium damnosum s.l. recolonization dynamics at a breeding site in the onchocerciasis control programme area when control is interrupted.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Birley, M. H. & Walsh, J. F. & Davies, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Problems associated with the population dynamics and control of Simulium damnosum Theo. s.l. are discussed in relation to the programme for the contro...

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Laboratory studies on dispersion behaviour of adult beetles in grain. X. Reaction of saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), to isolated pockets of damp and mouldy wheat.

Published online: 04 Jul 1965

Authors: Surtees, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is almost entirely the author's summary of this part of a series [cf. R.A.E., A 53 580, etc.]. The effect of pockets of damp wheat on th...

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Relative fitness of malathion-resistant phenotypes of Oryzaephilus surinamensis L. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Muggleton, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two malathion-resistant strains of the stored-grain pest Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) were cultured in the laboratory in the UK in the absence of in...

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