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The effects on butterfly abundance of the management of uncropped edges of arable fields.

Published online: 12 Mar 1997

Authors: Feber, R. E. & Smith, H. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance and species richness of butterflies [Rhopalocera] on expanded-width uncropped arable field edges, which were subject to 10 contrasting, ...

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Planting to conserve threatened nomadic pollinators in NSW.

Published online: 01 Nov 2017

Content type: Miscellaneous

Plant-pollinator mutualisms are fundamental to natural and agricultural systems. In Australia, several species of native plants produce large volumes ...

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Fitness costs associated with three mutant acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alleles endowing herbicide resistance in black-grass Alopecurus myosuroides.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Menchari, Y. & Chauvel, B. & Darmency, H. & Délye, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pleiotropic effects associated with genes endowing resistance to herbicides are generally predicted to reduce plant fitness. Quantifying these effects...

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Understanding indigenous people's traditional Chinese medicinal plants harvesting preferences to guide sustainable management.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Zhao JingJing & Fan LinYu & Hu SiFan & Poha & Jiayangji & Wan, A. K. Y. & Zeng Yan & Yang YongChuan & Duan BeiLu & Lee TienMing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Surging demand for medicinal plant products may lead to unsustainable harvesting practices, which could put pressure on wild populations. Yet little i...

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Sweat bees on hot chillies: provision of pollination services by native bees in traditional slash-and-burn agriculture in the Yucatán Peninsula of tropical Mexico.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Landaverde-González, P. & Quezada-Euán, J. J. G. & Theodorou, P. & Murray, T. E. & Husemann, M. & Ayala, R. & Moo-Valle, H. & Vandame, R. & Paxton, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Traditional tropical agriculture often entails a form of slash-and-burn land management that may adversely affect ecosystem services such as pollinati...

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The relative importance of green infrastructure as refuge habitat for pollinators increases with local land-use intensity.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Li PengYao & Kleijn, D. & Badenhausser, I. & Zaragoza-Trello, C. & Gross, N. & Raemakers, I. & Scheper, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural expansion and intensification have resulted in strong declines in farmland biodiversity across Europe. In many intensively farmed landsca...

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Observer Variation in the Use of a Method of Assessing Current Herbivore Impacts in Woodland.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Armstrong, H. M.

Content type: Reports

This study highlights the Woodland Herbivore Impact Assessment Method (WHIA) by comparing the results obtained by fifteen surveyors assessing the same...

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Food preferences of rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus L. at Holkham sand dunes, Norfolk.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Bhadresa, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The proportion of leaf epidermis of 20 plant species in rabbit faecal pellets collected from Holkham sand dunes was compared with the proportions of t...

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An experimental modification of upland peat vegetation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Gore, A. J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An experiment was conducted over 13 years at Moor House National Nature Reserve in the N. Pennines to examine the effects of clipping and removal on m...

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Copper pollution in Rwenzori National Park, Uganda.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Edroma, E. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Establishment of Themeda triandra, Hyparrhenia filipendula and Heteropogon contortus was adversely affected by Cu contamination of the soil. Tillers o...

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