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Explaining grassland biomass - the contribution of climate, species and functional diversity depends on fertilization and mowing frequency.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Bernhardt-Römermann, M. & Römermann, C. & Sperlich, S. & Schmidt, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grassland ecosystems are often used to generate biomass in temperate regions of the world. It is well known that biomass is influenced by climate and ...

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The effect of pea cultivar and water stress on root and shoot competition between vegetative plants of maize and pea.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Semere, T. & Froud-Williams, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Improvements in intercrop yields may be achieved through an understanding of yield advantages due to above-ground or below-ground interactions. Forage...

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Benefits and costs of climate change mitigation technologies in paddy rice: focus on Bangladesh and Vietnam.

Published online: 06 Jul 2016

Authors: Rishi Basak

Content type: Bulletin

This report examines the costs and benefits of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) in paddy rice production in Bangladesh and Vietnam as a technology t...

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis increases phosphorus uptake and productivity of mixtures of maize varieties compared to monocultures.

Published online: 02 Dec 2020

Authors: Wang XinXin & Hoffland, E. & Feng Gu & Kuyper, T. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological intensification seeks to achieve crop yield increases by intensifying complementary or facilitative interactions between plant species or v...

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Land consolidation impacts the abundance and richness of natural enemies but not pests in small-holder rice systems.

Published online: 05 Oct 2024

Authors: Gong ShanXing & Zhu YuLin & Fu DaoMeng & Bianchi, F. J. J. A. & Werf, W. van der & Hodgson, J. A. & Xiao HaiJun & Zou Yi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Traditional small-holder agricultural landscapes in southern China are being consolidated to increase mechanisation levels in agriculture, but it is u...

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Experimental evidence of multiple ecosystem services and disservices provided by ecological intensification in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Segre, H. & Segoli, M. & Carmel, Y. & Shwartz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensifying agricultural production in sustainable ways is pivotal to increasing food production while reducing environmental impacts. Ecological int...

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Water footprint and virtual water trade of China: past and future.

Published online: 05 Oct 2016

Authors: Zhuo, L. & Mekonnen, M. M. & Hoekstra, A. Y.

Content type: Bulletin

The long-term sustainability of human water consumption is being challenged by climate change, population growth, socioeconomic development and intens...

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Towards smarter harvesting from natural palm populations by sparing the individuals that contribute most to population growth or productivity.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Jansen, M. & Anten, N. P. R. & Bongers, F. & Martínez-Ramos, M. & Zuidema, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Natural populations deliver a wide range of products that provide income for millions of people and need to be exploited sustainably. Large heterogene...

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Grower and regulator conflict in management of the citrus disease Huanglongbing in Brazil: a modelling study.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Craig, A. P. & Cunniffe, N. J. & Parry, M. & Laranjeira, F. F. & Gilligan, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In managing plant diseases, there is often tension between a regulator seeking to destroy infected plants to prevent further infection on a national s...

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Modelling environmental and socio-economic trade-offs associated with land-sparing and land-sharing approaches to oil palm expansion.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Lee SerHuay [Lee, S. H. J. ] & Garcia-Ulloa, J. & Ghazoul, J. & Obidzinski, K. & Koh LianPin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effectiveness of land-sharing and land-sparing approaches has been widely debated. Yet, few studies quantify the environmental and socio-economic ...

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