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Sweep netting samples, but not sticky trap samples, indicate beneficial arthropod abundance is negatively associated with landscape wide insecticide use.

Published online: 28 Apr 2022

Authors: Bakker, L. & Werf, W. van der & Bianchi, F. J. J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insecticide use and landscape context are major drivers for the abundance of beneficial arthropods, such as predators, parasitoids and pollinators. Ho...

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Red flag for green spray: adverse trophic effects of Bti on breeding birds.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Poulin, B. & Lefebvre, G. & Paz, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expanding use of selective pest-control agents provides a unique opportunity to study food web interactions in the field while addressing major en...

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Raptors as surrogates of biodiversity along a landscape gradient.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Burgas, D. & Byholm, P. & Parkkima, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With biodiversity facing threats, there is a need to improve reserve selection procedures. However, detailed information about different biodiversity ...

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Living where the food is: web location by linyphiid spiders in relation to prey availability in winter wheat.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Harwood, J. D. & Sunderland, K. D. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spiders form a major component of the generalist predator fauna, potentially able to restrict pest population growth, but their populations may be foo...

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Effects of tillage and irrigation in cereal fields on weed seed removal by seed predators.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Baraibar, B. & Westerman, P. R. & Carrión, E. & Recasens, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification can cause a huge increase in productivity. However, associated costs in terms of reduced, self-regulation and increased r...

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Responses of carnivore assemblages to decentralized conservation approaches in a South African landscape.

Published online: 06 Mar 2021

Authors: Curveira-Santos, G. & Sutherland, C. & Santos-Reis, M. & Swanepoel, L. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation efforts in South Africa play out across multi-use landscapes where formal protected areas coexist with private wildlife business (ecotour...

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Accounting for food web dynamics when assessing the impact of mesopredator control on declining prey populations.

Published online: 08 Mar 2021

Authors: Henden, J. A. & Ehrich, D. & Soininen, E. M. & Ims, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing populations of mesopredators are suspected to cause declines in vulnerable wildlife to the extent that mesopredator decimation actions (cul...

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Artificial light at night causes top-down and bottom-up trophic effects on invertebrate populations.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Bennie, J. & Davies, T. W. & Cruse, D. & Inger, R. & Gaston, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Globally, many ecosystems are exposed to artificial light at night. Nighttime lighting has direct biological impacts on species at all trophic levels....

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Hedges. VI. Habitat diversity and crop pests: a study of Brevicoryne brassicae and its Syrphid predators.

Published online: 29 Jun 1972

Authors: Pollard, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's summary. A study was made in eastern England in 1969-70 on aphidophagous Syrphids and Syrphid predation...

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Habitat differentiation within the large-carnivore community of Norway's multiple-use landscapes.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: May, R. & Dijk, J. van & Wabakken, P. & Swenson, J. E. & Linnell, J. D. C. & Zimmermann, B. & Odden, J. & Pedersen, H. C. & Andersen, R. & Landa, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The re-establishment of large carnivores in Norway has led to increased conflicts and the adoption of regional zoning for these predators. When planni...

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