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Vehicle pollution is associated with elevated insect damage to street trees.

Published online: 17 Sep 2023

Authors: Meineke, E. K. & Eng, D. S. & Karban, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vehicle pollution is a pervasive aspect of anthropogenic change across rural and urban habitats. The most common emissions are carbon- or nitrogen-bas...

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Predicting the spread of an invasive tree pest: the pine wood nematode in Southern Europe.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Fuente, B. de la & Saura, S. & Beck, P. S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive tree pests are increasingly threatening forest ecosystems. Understanding and controlling their spread presents a major challenge for managers...

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Effects of root-feeding by scarabaeid larvae on growth of perennial ryegrass plants.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Smith, T. J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The growth of perennial ryegrass (a New Zealand variety of Lolium perenne) was measured under glasshouse conditions in New South Wales, in turfs in po...

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Land abandonment and intensification diminish spatial and temporal β-diversity of grassland plants and herbivorous insects within paddy terraces.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Uchida, K. & Ushimaru, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although traditional land-use and management practices are known to enhance environmental heterogeneity in agricultural lands, loss of heterogeneity r...

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Aphid biological control in arable crops via flower strips: the predominant role of food resources over diversity effects.

Published online: 15 Feb 2024

Authors: Gardarin, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionfrThis link goes to a French section Plant taxonomic and functional diversity promotes interactions at higher tro...

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Simulating the long-term dynamics of slug populations: a process-based modelling approach for pest control.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Shirley, M. D. F. & Rushton, S. P. & Young, A. G. & Port, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An individual-based simulation model was developed to investigate the long-term dynamics of slug populations using the field slug Deroceras reticulatu...

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Laboratory studies on dispersion behaviour of adult beetles in grain. X. Reaction of saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), to isolated pockets of damp and mouldy wheat.

Published online: 04 Jul 1965

Authors: Surtees, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is almost entirely the author's summary of this part of a series [cf. R.A.E., A 53 580, etc.]. The effect of pockets of damp wheat on th...

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Polyphagy complicates conservation biological control that targets generalist predators.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Prasad, R. P. & Snyder, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of beetle banks to conserve predatory beetles for the control of pest Diptera was studied in Washington, USA. Locally, the community of predat...

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Global estimation of invasion risk zones for the western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera: integrating distribution models and physiological thresholds to assess climatic favourability.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Aragón, P. & Baselga, A. & Lobo, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological invasions represent a major threat to human health, ecosystem functioning and global biodiversity. Insect pests affecting agriculture and f...

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Validating network connectivity with observed movement in experimental landscapes undergoing habitat destruction.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Poli, C. & Hightower, J. & Fletcher, R. J., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Maintaining the ability of organisms to move between suitable patches of habitat despite ongoing habitat loss is essential to conserving biodiversity....

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