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Three reasons why expanded use of natural enemy solutions may offer sustainable control of human infections.

Published online: 07 Aug 2022

Authors: Jones, I. J. & Sokolow, S. H. & Leo, G. A. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Many infectious pathogens spend a significant portion of their life cycles in the environment or in animal hosts, where ecological interactions with n...

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Availability of soil mutualists may not limit non-native Acacia invasion but could increase their impact on native soil communities.

Published online: 12 Dec 2020

Authors: Wandrag, E. M. & Birnbaum, C. & Klock, M. M. & Barrett, L. G. & Thrall, P. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The availability of compatible mutualistic soil microbes could influence the invasion success of non-native plant species. Specifically, there may be ...

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Feasibility study for the biocontrol of Elodea nuttallii and E. canadensis: Final Report.

Published online: 07 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wood, S. & Maczey, N. & Reeve, M. & Offord, L. & Edgington, S.

Content type: Reports

This report focuses on the North American aquatic plants Elodea canadensis (Canadian pondweed) and E. nuttallii (Nuttall's waterweed), particularly th...

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The ecology of wildlife disease control: simple models revisited.

Published online: 13 Sep 1996

Authors: Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The simple disease/host models used to identify the ecological criteria governing the likely relative effectiveness of culling, sterilization and vacc...

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Effects of spatial heterogeneity on Jones's model for cyst-nematode population dynamics and crop root damage.

Published online: 27 Apr 1984

Authors: Perry, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stochastic analogues that included variation in spatial heterogeneity of population densities and of parameter values in Globodera were produced using...

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Amphibian species vary in their learned avoidance response to the deadly fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Published online: 01 Oct 2021

Authors: McMahon, T. A. & Hill, M. N. & Lentz, G. C. & Scott, E. F. & Tenouri, N. F. & Rohr, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lethal and sublethal effects of pathogens should theoretically select for host avoidance of these pathogenic organisms. Some amphibians can learn to a...

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Influence of certain fungi on seed germination and seedling survival of four colonizing annuals.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Kirkpatrick, B. L. & Bazzaz, F. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The association between seeds of Abutilon theophrasti, Datura stramonium, Ipomoea hederacea and Polygonum pensylvanicum and their mycoflora was examin...

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Pixton Park and woods lichen survey, 1987.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wolesley, P. A. & O'Dale, A. M.

Content type: Reports

Although the whole Pixton promontory supports 125 epiphytic lichen species, including many that are associated with ancient woodlands, the latter are ...

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Effects of adult and larval Cyrtobagous salviniae on the floating weed Salvinia molesta.

Published online: 30 Nov 1988

Authors: Julien, M. H. & Bourne, A. S. & Chan, R. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were conducted in field cages in Queensland to assess the effects of adults and larvae of the curculionid Cyrtobagous salviniae on Salvini...

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Modelling disease spread in a novel host: rabies in the European badger Meles meles.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Smith, G. C. & Wilkinson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Although the red fox Vulpes vulpes is the main reservoir of rabies in Europe, badger Meles meles populations are known to be drastically affected. ...

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