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Effects of plant phylogenetic diversity on herbivory depend on herbivore specialization.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Castagneyrol, B. & Jactel, H. & Vacher, C. & Brockerhoff, E. G. & Koricheva, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest regulation is an important ecosystem service provided by biodiversity, as plants growing in species-rich communities often experience association...

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Comparison of the effect of time and preservative on the quality of DNA from pitfall traps.

Published online: 28 Dec 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to generate evidence to inform best practise guidance for Natural England staff wishing to use DNA metabarcoding to identi...

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Invertebrate traps and DNA - literature review. Survey of sample preservatives compatible with DNA analysis.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C.

Content type: Reports

A targeted literature review was carried out to investigate methods for terrestrial invertebrate sampling for use with DNA analysis techniques. The ai...

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Simple estimation of instrinsic increase rates for aphids and tetranychid mites.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Wyatt, I. J. & White, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simplified method for the estimation of the intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm) of aphids is proposed. Having determined the prereproductive tim...

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Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Cunningham, C. A. & Crick, H. Q. P. & Morecroft, M. D. & Thomas, C. D. & Beale, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Conservation encompasses numerous alternative viewpoints on what to value (features such as biodiversity, ecosystem services or socio-economic benefit...

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The influence of predation on the chronic response of Artemia sp. populations to a toxicant.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Beketov, M. A. & Liess, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental risk assessment of contaminants is conventionally based on toxic effects assessed in organism-level test systems. We suggest that, for t...

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Suppression of weeds by spring wheat Triticum aestivum increases with crop density and spatial uniformity.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Weiner, J. & Griepentrog, H. W. & Kristensen, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent advances in our understanding of the advantage of initial size in competition among individual plants (size-asymmetric competition) suggest tha...

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Invasion theory as a management tool for increasing native biodiversity in urban ecosystems.

Published online: 17 Dec 2021

Authors: Cadotte, M. W. & Potgieter, L. J. & Wang ChihJulie & MacIvor, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human activity has altered ecosystems in some places to a point where traditional restoration, ecosystem management and conservation interventions mig...

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Improving intra- and inter-annual GPP predictions by using individual tree inventories and leaf growth dynamics.

Published online: 06 Nov 2021

Authors: Fang Jing & Lutz, J. A. & Shugart, H. H. & Yan XiaoDong & Xie WenQiang & Liu Feng

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carbon sequestration is a key ecosystem service provided by forests. Inventory data based on individual trees are considered to be the most accurate m...

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Autumn electrofishing reduces harm to Ontario (Canada) stream fishes collected during watershed health monitoring.

Published online: 21 Jun 2022

Authors: Reid, S. M. & LeBaron, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Electrofishing surveys provide important information on watershed health, and the status of imperiled and recreationally important stream fishes. Conc...

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