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Background food influences rate of encounter and efficacy of rodenticides in wild house mice.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Brown, P. R. & Henry, S. & Hinds, L. A. & Robinson, F. & Duncan, R. P. & Ruscoe, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Baiting is widely used in wildlife management for various purposes, including lethal control, fertility control, disease and parasite control, and con...

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The control of Chironomid larvae in ponds, using TDE (DDD).

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Edwards, R. W. & Egan, H. & Learner, M. A. & Maris, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based partly on the authors' summary. Preliminary laboratory tests with larvae of Chironomus riparius Mg., Asellus aquaticus (L.), Tu...

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Alternative food sources interfere with removal of a fungal amphibian pathogen by zooplankton.

Published online: 10 Dec 2021

Authors: Deknock, A. & Pasmans, F. & Leeuwenberg, R. van & Praet, S. van & Bruneel, S. & Lens, L. & Croubels, S. & Martel, A. & Goethals, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis is causing ongoing population declines and biodiversity losses around the globe, efficient mitigation str...

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DDE-induced eggshell-thinning in the American kestrel: a comparison of the field situation and laboratory results.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Lincer, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Residues of DDE in kestrel eggs collected near Ithaca, New York, averaged 35, 42, 33 and 37 p.p.m. in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, respectively. Based o...

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In search of forage: predicting dynamic habitats of Mongolian gazelles using satellite-based estimates of vegetation productivity.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Mueller, T. & Olson, K. A. & Fuller, T. K. & Schaller, G. B. & Murray, M. G. & Leimgruber, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Temporal variability in habitat suitability has important conservation and ecological implications. In grasslands, changes in resource availability ca...

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Estimating the effects of Cry1F Bt-maize pollen on non-target Lepidoptera using a mathematical model of exposure.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Perry, J. N. & Devos, Y. & Arpaia, S. & Bartsch, D. & Ehlert, C. & Gathmann, A. & Hails, R. S. & Hendriksen, N. B. & Kiss, J. & Messéan, A. & Mestdagh, S. & Neemann, G. & Nuti, M. & Sweet, J. B. & Tebbe, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In farmland biodiversity, a potential risk to the larvae of non-target Lepidoptera from genetically modified (GM) Bt-maize expressing insecticidal Cry...

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Evidence review: how effective are alternatives to plastic tree shelters for establishing new native trees and woodland?

Published online: 22 Jan 2022

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

1. In recent decades, plastic tree shelters have been used to great effect to provide protection to individual planted trees in created woodlands. How...

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Particle selection by snail hosts of human schistosomes in relation to their survival strategies and possible control by 'environmental antibodies'.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Thomas, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were undertaken with Biomphalaria glabrata to elucidate the mechanisms used for selecting, regulating and utilizing sand particles and eva...

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Survival of seeds of tropical grassland species subjected to bovine digestion.

Published online: 20 Mar 1993

Authors: Gardener, C. J. & McIvor, J. G. & Jansen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The survival and digestion of seeds of 47 tropical and subtropical legume and grass species were studied by placing the seeds in nylon bags in the rum...

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Above-ground arthropod fauna of four Swedish cropping systems and its role in carbon and nitrogen cycling.

Published online: 08 Jul 1987

Authors: Curry, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Above-ground arthropod populations in field plots of barley receiving no nitrogen (barley 0), barley receiving 120 kg nitrogen per hectare per year (b...

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