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Boosting efficiency of mussel spat collection for ecological sustainability: identifying critical drivers and informing management.

Published online: 05 Oct 2024

Authors: Zhao, Z. & Capelle, J. J. & Smit, J. C. de & Gerkema, T. & Koppel, J. van de & Yuan, L. & Bouma, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The long-term sustainability of natural and bottom-cultured mussel beds relies on the availability of spat (i.e. juvenile mussels). Traditional spat c...

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Extending full protection inside existing marine protected areas, or reducing fishing effort outside, can reconcile conservation and fisheries goals.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Belharet, M. & Franco, A. di & Calò, A. & Mari, L. & Claudet, J. & Casagrandi, R. & Gatto, M. & Lloret, J. & Sève, C. & Guidetti, P. & Melià, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most fish stocks world-wide are fished at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) or overfished, as many fisheries management strategies have failed to achiev...

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Chronic anthropogenic disturbance on Caatinga dry forest fragments.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Antongiovanni, M. & Venticinque, E. M. & Matsumoto, M. & Fonseca, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how chronic anthropogenic disturbances are distributed in space leads to more effective conservation and management practices. This stud...

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Management of urban wetlands for conservation can reduce aquatic biodiversity and increase mosquito risk.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Hanford, J. K. & Webb, C. E. & Hochuli, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global wetland loss means constructed urban wetlands are an increasingly valuable resource for conservation. However, priorities for managing urban we...

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Semi-natural habitats mitigate the effects of temperature rise on wild bees.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Papanikolaou, A. D. & Kühn, I. & Frenzel, M. & Schweiger, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of climate change on wild bee communities is of major concern since the decline of bee species could imperil the provision of pollination s...

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Chemically mediated tritrophic interactions: opposing effects of glucosinolates on a specialist herbivore and its predators.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Chaplin-Kramer, R. & Kliebenstein, D. J. & Chiem, A. & Morrill, E. & Mills, N. J. & Kremen, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The occurrence of enemy-free space presents a challenge to the top-down control of agricultural pests by natural enemies, making bottom-up factors suc...

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Honey bees are the most abundant visitors to Australian watermelon but native stingless bees are equally effective as pollinators.

Published online: 16 Jan 2023

Authors: Arachchige, E. C. W. S. & Rader, R. & Cutting, B. T. & Keir, M. & Noort, T. van & Fale, G. & Howlett, B. G. & Samnegård, U. & Evans, L. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Despite the benefits of a diverse approach to crop pollination, global food production remains reliant on a low diversity of managed pollinators, espe...

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The effect of instream rehabilitation structures on macroinvertebrates in lowland rivers.

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Harrison, S. S. C. & Pretty, J. L. & Shepherd, D. & Hildrew, A. G. & Smith, C. & Hey, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many lowland rivers in Western Europe have been substantially modified to aid land drainage and support the intensification of agriculture. Although t...

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The role of satellite image-processing for national-scale estimates of gene flow from genetically modified crops: rapeseed in the UK as a model.

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Elliott, L. J. & Mason, D. C. & Wilkinson, M. J. & Allainguillaume, J. & Norris, C. & Alexander, M. & Welters, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is concern over the possibility of unwanted environmental change following transgene movement from genetically modified (GM) rapeseed Brassica n...

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The impact of root herbivory as a function of plant density and competition: survival, growth and fecundity of Centaurea maculosa in field plots.

Published online: 16 May 1992

Authors: Müller-Schärer, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two interrelated experiments at Basel on the effect of root herbivory by the moth Agapeta zoegana on C. maculosa, under various competitive environmen...

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