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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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Quantification of the impact of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) on cereal aphids in winter wheat: an analysis of field populations.

Published online: 08 Jul 1987

Authors: Chambers, R. J. & Adams, T. H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An analysis of predation of cereal aphids (Sitobion avenae and Metopolophium dirhodum) by larvae of Episyrphus balteatus is described. Field data on t...

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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 relation of vegetation and soil to development of mangrove swamps for rice growing in Sierra Leone.

Published online: 10 Nov 1965

Authors: Jordan, H. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soils supporting Rhizophora racemosa, R. harrisonii, R. mangle and Avicennia germinans are described. When they are drained, soils which have carried ...

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Effects of upland afforestation on some birds of the adjacent moorlands.

Published online: 21 May 1990

Authors: Avery, M. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bird numbers were estimated on areas adjacent to conifer plantations at 62 sites, each of 640 ha, in three areas of northern Scotland. The results var...

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Direct effects of competition on individual juniper plants: a field study.

Published online: 21 May 1990

Authors: McPherson, G. R. & Wright, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

On each of two sites in western Texas, 240 Juniperus pinchotii plants were harvested. The competitive influence of herbs and shrubs associated with ea...

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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An approximate solution is presented of the differential equation describing soil-moisture flow towards a root absorbing water at a periodically varyi...

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Dandelion as a competitor to fruit trees for bee visits.

Published online: 05 Mar 1968

Authors: Free, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Honey-bee colonies in fruit orchards (apple and plum) often collect much dandelion pollen. Bees visiting dandelion become conditioned to it and, even ...

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Long-term changes in agricultural practices and wildfowling in an internationally important wetland, and their effects on the guild of wintering ducks.

Published online: 28 May 1999

Authors: Duncan, P. & Hewison, A. J. M. & Houte, S. & Rosoux, R. & Tournebize, T. & Dubs, F. & Burel, F. & Bretagnolle, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the Marais Poitevin wetland, France, are described. The area of grasslands decreased by 50% between 1970 and 1995, principally as a result ...

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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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