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Crop heterogeneity is positively associated with beneficial insect diversity in subtropical farmlands.

Published online: 15 Dec 2021

Authors: Priyadarshana, T. S. & Lee MyungBok & Ascher, J. S. & Qiu Lu & Goodale, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing crop configurational heterogeneity-smaller crop fields with more field margins-has been repeatedly found to support farmland biodiversity. ...

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Changes in spider (Araneae) assemblages in relation to succession and grazing management.

Published online: 24 Dec 1992

Authors: Gibson, C. W. D. & Hambler, C. & Brown, V. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spiders were sampled, by suction (D-vac) and direct counts of their webs, in a controlled sheep-grazing experiment on calcareous ex-arable land and in...

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Effects of pasture improvement and management on the ground beetle and spider communities of upland grasslands.

Published online: 08 Aug 1992

Authors: Rushton, S. P. & Luff, M. L. & Eyre, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of pasture improvement procedures and subsequent pesticide use on the carabid and spider faunas of semi- natural upland grasslands in nort...

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Flower strips, organic management or small-scale farming: which benefits pollinator abundance, richness and reproduction most?

Published online: 05 Nov 2020

Authors: Geppert, C.

Content type: Blog

This paper presents the results of studies conducted to evaluate the effects of landscape-scale mean arable field size and local management (flower st...

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Changes in resources: consequences for the dynamics of dung beetle communities.

Published online: 03 Apr 1993

Authors: Lumaret, J. P. & Kadiri, N. & Bertrand, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of a change from sheep to cattle grazing on dung beetle [Scarabaeidae] communities were studied under Mediterranean conditions in France i...

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Harvesting biofuel grasslands has mixed effects on natural enemy communities and no effects on biocontrol services.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Kim, T. N. & Fox, A. F. & Wills, B. D. & Meehan, T. D. & Landis, D. A. & Gratton, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Perennial bioenergy systems, such as switchgrass and restored prairies, are alternatives to commonly used annual monocultures such as maize. Perennial...

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Estimating predation of the grain aphid Sitobion avenae by polyphagous predators.

Published online: 08 Mar 1995

Authors: Winder, L. & Hirst, D. J. & Carter, N. & Wratten, S. D. & Sopp, P. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The numbers of dead and live Sitobion avenae falling to the ground in a wheat crop in 1988-89 in the UK were estimated. The estimates showed that more...

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The effect of spatial scale of treatment with dimethoate on invertebrate population recovery in winter wheat.

Published online: 23 Aug 1995

Authors: Duffield, S. J. & Aebischer, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of plot size in assessing the impact of pesticide treatment on invertebrate populations in cereal fields was investigated in winter whea...

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Creation of 'island' habitats in farmland to manipulate populations of beneficial arthropods: predator densities and emigration.

Published online: 04 Dec 1993

Authors: Thomas, M. B. & Wratten, S. D. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grass-sown raised earth banks were created as islands in the centres of 2 winter wheat fields in the UK to provide improved overwintering conditions f...

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An improved quantitative method for estimating invertebrate predation in the field using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Published online: 03 Apr 1993

Authors: Sopp, P. I. & Sunderland, K. D. & Fenlon, J. S. & Wratten, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An equation for estimating invertebrate predation was tested in laboratory experiments with Sitobion avenae and polyphagous predators (Agonum dorsale,...

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