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Emerging viral disease risk to pollinating insects: ecological, evolutionary and anthropogenic factors.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Manley, R. & Boots, M. & Wilfert, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential for infectious pathogens to spillover and emerge from managed populations to wildlife communities is poorly understood, but ecological, ...

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Aphid performance and population development on their host plants is affected by weed-crop interactions.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Dahlin, I. & Ninkovic, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Some farming practices, like organic farming, lead to greater numbers of weed plants in crop fields. These fields may give us some insights into any b...

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Communities' perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services: evidence from rural communities in Nigeria.

Published online: 29 Apr 2015

Authors: Zhang, W. & Kato, E. & Bhandary, P. & Nkonya, E. & Ibrahim, H. I. & Agbonlahor, M. & Ibrahim, H. Y.

Content type: Bulletin

This research has been undertaken to improve our understanding of stakeholders' knowledge and perception about ecosystem services (ES), which provides...

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Linking the vectorial capacity of multiple vectors to observed patterns of West Nile virus transmission.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: McMillan, J. R. & Blakney, R. A. & Mead, D. G. & Koval, W. T. & Coker, S. M. & Waller, L. A. & Kitron, U. & Vazquez-Prokopec, G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Theoretical models suggest that increased vector species participation in pathogen transmission significantly increases the prevalence of vector and h...

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Distribution of oviposition sites and characteristics of egg development in the 'Blandford fly' Simulium posticatum (Diptera: Simuliidae).

Published online: 15 Mar 1988

Authors: Welton, J. S. & Bass, J. A. B. & Ladle, M. & Merrett, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution of oviposition sites of Simulium posticatum on the banks of the River Stour, UK, was studied in relation to a local medical problem c...

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LED lighting threatens adult aquatic insects: impact magnitude and distance thresholds.

Published online: 17 Jul 2021

Authors: Carannante, D. & Blumenstein, C. S. & Hale, J. D. & Arlettaz, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is increasing globally, and changing in quality due to the installation of white LED street lighting. ALAN is a threa...

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Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl: dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Gaidet, N. & Cappelle, J. & Takekawa, J. Y. & Prosser, D. J. & Iverson, S. A. & Douglas, D. C. & Perry, W. M. & Mundkur, T. & Newman, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migratory birds are major candidates for long-distance dispersal of zoonotic pathogens. In recent years, wildfowl have been suspected of contributing ...

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Women's empowerment and crop diversification in Bangladesh: a possible pathway to climate change adaptation and better nutrition.

Published online: 23 Oct 2019

Authors: Pinto, A. de & Seymour, G. & Bryan, E. & Bhandari, P.

Content type: Bulletin

The existing literature shows that climate change will likely affect several of the dimensions that determine people's food security status in Banglad...

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Climate change and agricultural risk management into the 21st century.

Published online: 09 Oct 2019

Authors: Crane-Droesch, B. A. & Marshall, E. & Rosch, S. & Riddle, A. & Cooper, J. & Wallander, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Programs that help farmers manage risk are a major component of the Federal Government's support to rural America. Changes to this risk-and thus to th...

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Trade, transport and trouble: managing invasive species pathways in an era of globalization.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Hulme, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Humans have traded and transported alien species for millennia with two notable step-changes: the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Industri...

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