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The numerical response of pradators to prey density.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Readshaw, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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A population model for the effect of parasitic fungi on numbers of the cereal cyst-nematode, Heterodera avenae.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Perry, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population densities of Heterodera avenae in a sandy soil in Nottinghamshire, UK, decreased to very low levels between 1957 and 1968, despite intensiv...

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Remote sensing reveals the importance of seminatural habitat and irrigation on aphid biocontrol in arid agroecosystems.

Published online: 29 Oct 2024

Authors: Call, A. & Akiba, S. & Pringle, E. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Remote sensing and spatial analyses are increasingly used to understand the role of seminatural habitats in biocontrol, but knowing how to best levera...

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Do diverse landscapes provide for effective natural pest control in subtropical rice?

Published online: 01 Sep 2020

Authors: Zou Yi & Kraker, J. de & Bianchi, F. J. J. A. & Xiao HaiJun & Huang JiKun & Deng XiangZheng & Hou LingLing & Werf, W. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While the biocontrol potential of natural enemies is well established, it is largely unknown how landscape-mediated effects on pest and natural enemy ...

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Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Stone, J. & Advento, A. D. & Pashkevich, M. D. & Aryawan, A. A. K. & Caliman, J. P. & Hood, A. S. C. & Foster, W. A. & Naim, M. & Pujianto & Purnomo, D. & Suhardi & Tarigan, R. S. & Rambe, T. D. S. & Widodo, R. H. & Luke, S. H. & Snaddon, J. L. & Turner, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The expansion of oil palm agriculture across Southeast Asia has caused significant biodiversity losses, with the reduction in habitat heterogeneity th...

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Age structure and growth of the woody legume weed Cytisus scoparius in native and exotic habitats: implications for control.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Paynter, Q. & Downey, P. O. & Sheppard, A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To be successful, integrated weed management (IWM) requires sufficient knowledge of the ecology of the weed and the invaded system to allow prediction...

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Kairomone traps: a tool for monitoring the invasive spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) and its specific predator, Rhizophagus grandis (Coleoptera: Monotomidae).

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Meurisse, N. & Couillien, D. & Grégoire, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Eurasian spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans is a major pest of spruce which is expanding its range in France, Turkey, England and Wales. Its m...

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Non-target effects of entomopathogenic nematodes on the soil nematode community.

Published online: 13 Nov 2002

Authors: Somasekhar, N. & Grewal, P. S. & Nardo, E. A. B. de & Stinner, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is growing awareness that biological control carries risks as well as benefits, but there are few data on below-ground effects of inundative ins...

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Agents for biological control of novel hosts: assessing an aleocharine parasitoid of dung-breeding flies.

Published online: 29 Oct 1990

Authors: Wright, E. J. & Müller, P. & Kerr, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Host acceptance and suitability of a range of dipterous hosts of the predator/parasitoid Aleochara sp. were studied in South Africa to assess the like...

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Artificial water points facilitate the spread of an invasive vertebrate in arid Australia.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Letnic, M. & Webb, J. K. & Jessop, T. S. & Florance, D. & Dempster, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spread of invasive species after their initial introduction is often facilitated by human actions. In some cases, invaders only become established...

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