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Effects of three different alternate wetting and drying regimes in rice cultivation on yield, water use, and water use efficiency in a clay soil during a wet year.

Published online: 09 Oct 2019

Authors: Gaspar, J. P. & Henry, C. G. & Duren, M. W. & Horton, A. P. & James, H.

Content type: Bulletin article

Water available for irrigation is declining in many rice-growing regions around the world. Global populations continue to rise, increasing crop produc...

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Long-term degradation of Sahelian rangeland detected by 27 years of field study in Senegal.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Miehe, S. & Kluge, J. & Wehrden, H. von & Retzer, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable management of rangelands will become increasingly important as the climate changes, yet rangeland dynamics are still a challenge to drylan...

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From values to actions in agriculture: a web of actors shape Norwegian farmers' enactment of relational values.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Byfuglien, A. & Hirons, M. & Milford, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

A sustainable transition in the agri-food system holds society-wide implications. Farmers play central roles in responding to climate change, environm...

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Watermelon pollinators exhibit complementarity in both visitation rate and single-visit pollination efficiency.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Pisanty, G. & Afik, O. & Wajnberg, E. & Mandelik, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The concept of pollinator niche complementarity maintains that species-rich pollinator communities can provide higher and more stable pollination serv...

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The context-dependent benefits of organic farming on pollinator biodiversity: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 08 Apr 2025

Authors: Walker, E. & Wooliver, R. & Russo, L. & Jagadamma, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification is driving declines in pollinator diversity and the degradation of pollination services worldwide. Organic management, wh...

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Implementing agri-policies on pesticide reduction through subsidies and plant clinics in China.

Published online: 07 Feb 2020

Authors: Wei XiaoNan & Zhao Lei & Qiao Yan & Wang BuYun & Wan Min & Toepfer, S.

Content type: Bulletin

This study assesses whether the implementation of agricultural policy through plant clinic-linked subsidy programmes can lead to a reduction in pestic...

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Carbon and nitrogen budgets of four agro-ecosystems with annual and perennial crops, with and without N fertilization.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Paustian, K. & Andrén, O. & Clarholm, M. & Hansson, A. C. & Johansson, G. & Lagerlöf, J. & Lindberg, T. & Petterson, R. & Sohlenius, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials at Kjettslinge near Uppsala in 1980-85, annual C and N budgets were calculated for the following systems: (a) barley without fertilize...

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Quantifying the impacts of management and herbicide resistance on regional plant population dynamics in the face of missing data.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Goodsell, R. M. & Comont, D. & Hicks, H. & Lambert, J. & Hull, R. & Crook, L. & Fraccaro, P. & Reusch, K. & Freckleton, R. P. & Childs, D. Z.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key challenge in the management of populations is to quantify the impact of interventions in the face of environmental and phenotypic variability. H...

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Ants as tools in sustainable agriculture.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Offenberg, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With an expanding human population placing increasing pressure on the environment, agriculture needs sustainable production that can match conventiona...

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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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