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Contemporary ecological threats from historical pollution sources: impacts of large-scale resuspension of contaminated sediments on sessile invertebrate recruitment.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Knott, N. A. & Aulbury, J. P. & Brown, T. H. & Johnston, E. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Historical contamination continues to pose a serious ecological threat to many ecosystems across the world. Marine sediments have long acted as sinks ...

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Climatic variation in forage grasses. 2. Germination, flowering and leaf development in Mediterranean populations of Phalaris tuberosa.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Cooper, J. P. & Mcwilliam, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

8 Mediterranean populations of P. tuberosa covering the climatic range from Morocco and Israel (severe summer drought, growing season 5-6 months) to N...

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A systematic map of cassava farming practices and their agricultural and environmental impacts using new ontologies: agri-ontologies 1.0.

Published online: 30 Sep 2023

Authors: Hood, A. S. C. & Shackelford, G. E. & Christie, A. P. & Usieta, H. O. & Martin, P. A. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Cassava is consumed by 800 million people and is a staple crop in Africa. Its production may increase under climate change due to its high drought tol...

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Optimal application strategies for entomopathogenic nematodes: integrating theoretical and empirical approaches.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Fenton, A. & Gwynn, R. L. & Gupta, A. & Norman, R. & Fairbairn, J. P. & Hudson, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. The nematode Steinernema feltiae has been developed commercially as a biocontrol agent and is successful in controlling sciarid flies in mushroom h...

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Functional responses in habitat selection by tropical birds moving through fragmented forest.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Gillies, C. S. & St. Clair, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability of animals to move through a landscape is a fundamental determinant of population persistence in fragmented habitats. This movement can be...

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Moving out of town? The status of alien plants in high-Arctic Svalbard, and a method for monitoring of alien flora in high-risk, polar environments.

Published online: 17 Apr 2021

Authors: Bartlett, J. C. & Bakke-Westergaard, K. & Paulsen, I. M. G. & Wedegärtner, R. E. M. & Wilken, F. & Ravolainen, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Rising human activity in the Arctic, combined with a warming climate, increases the probability of introduction and establishment of alien plant speci...

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Assessing eutrophication and reference conditions for Scottish freshwater lochs using subfossil diatoms.

Published online: 24 Mar 2004

Authors: Bennion, H. & Fluin, J. & Simpson, G. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Council Water Framework Directive requires reference conditions to be determined for all water body types including lakes. We examined th...

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An operational land cover and land cover change toolbox: processing open-source data with open-source software.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Gatis, N. & Carless, D. & Luscombe, D. J. & Brazier, R. E. & Anderson, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Accurate and up-to-date land cover maps are vital for underpinning evidence-based landscape management decision-making. However, the technical skills ...

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Strengthening evidence-based forest policy-making: linking forest monitoring with national forest programmes.

Published online: 04 Jan 2017

Authors: Arnold, F. E. & Werf, N. van der & Rametsteiner, E.

Content type: Bulletin

Issues in forest policy-making are subject to differing interpretations, and agreed policies are the result of compromises among many different and so...

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Pollinators, pests and yield - multiple trade-offs from insecticide use in a mass-flowering crop.

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Authors: Knapp, J. L. & Bates, A. & Jonsson, O. & Klatt, B. & Krausl, T. & Sahlin, U. & Svensson, G. P. & Rundlöf, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple trade-offs likely occur between pesticide use, pollinators and yield (via crop flowers) in pollinator-dependent, mass-flowering crops (MFCs),...

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