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Exploring drivers of within-field crop yield variation using a national precision yield network.

Published online: 17 Sep 2023

Authors: Fincham, W. N. W. & Redhead, J. W. & Woodcock, B. A. & Pywell, R. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While abiotic drivers of yields represent important limiting factors to crop productivity, the role of biotic drivers that could be directly managed b...

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The effect of agricultural diversity and crop choice on functional capacity change in grassland conversions.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Lin, B. B. & Flynn, D. F. B. & Bunker, D. E. & Uriarte, M. & Naeem, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Given that approximately one-quarter of grasslands worldwide have been converted to agriculture, understanding the consequences of agricultural conver...

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Agriculture causes homogenization of plant-feeding nematode communities at the regional scale.

Published online: 10 Dec 2021

Authors: Archidona-Yuste, A. & Wiegand, T. & Eisenhauer, N. & Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, C. & Palomares-Rius, J. E. & Castillo, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An emerging research line in conservation ecology addresses how environmental change drivers may cause the biotic homogenization of ecological communi...

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What motivates West African cocoa farmers to value trees? Taking the 4W approach to the heart of the field.

Published online: 28 Jan 2025

Authors: Dago, M. R. & Zo-Bi, I. C. & Konan, I. K. & Kouassi, A. K. & Guei, S. & Jagoret, P. & N'Guessan, A. E. & Sanial, E. & Tankam, C. & Traoré, S. & Hérault, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

West Africa, the largest cocoa-producing region globally, has experienced significant deforestation in recent decades, leading countries to implement ...

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Benefits of increased cover crop diversity for predators and biological pest control depend on the landscape context.

Published online: 30 Sep 2021

Authors: Beaumelle, L. & Auriol, A. & Grasset, M. & Pavy, A. & Thiéry, D. & Rusch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Increasing plant diversity in agricultural systems is a promising way to balance food production and biodiversity conservation. Biological pest con...

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Species-rich dung beetle communities buffer ecosystem services in perturbed agro-ecosystems.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Beynon, S. A. & Mann, D. J. & Slade, E. M. & Lewis, O. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many studies document high levels of functional redundancy in ecosystems, suggesting that species extinctions will not be detrimental to ecosystem fun...

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Landscapes with higher crop diversity have lower aphid species richness but higher plant virus prevalence.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Pitt, W. J. & Kairy, L. R. & Mora, V. & Peirce, E. & Jensen, A. S. & Bradford, B. & Groves, R. & Christensen, T. & MacRae, I. & Nachappa, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Diversifying agricultural systems by growing more than one crop species in an area can decrease pest and disease pressure and increase crop yields. Ho...

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Upland land use predicts population decline in a globally near-threatened wader.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Douglas, D. J. T. & Bellamy, P. E. & Stephen, L. S. & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Wilson, J. D. & Grant, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in large-scale land use may fragment and degrade habitats, affecting animal species adapted to these habitats. In the UK uplands for example, ...

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Climate change, out-migration and agrarian stress: the potential for upscaling small-scale water storage in Nepal.

Published online: 10 Dec 2014

Authors: Sugden, F. & Lata Shrestha & Bharati, L. & Pabitra Gurung & Laxmi Maharjan & Janmaat, J. & Price, J. I. & Sherpa, T. Y. C. & Utsav Bhattarai & Shishir Koirala & Basu Timilsina

Content type: Bulletin

Climate change could have a critical impact on agriculture in Nepal due to changes in the variability of water availability and associated uncertainty...

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Strip intercropping of wheat and oilseed rape enhances biodiversity and biological pest control in a conventionally managed farm scenario.

Published online: 24 Jun 2022

Authors: Alarcón-Segura, V. & Grass, I. & Breustedt, G. & Rohlfs, M. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conventional agriculture in the global north is typically characterized by large monocultures, commonly managed with high levels of pesticide or ferti...

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