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Maritime international trade and bioinvasions: a three-year long survey of small mammals in autonomous port of Cotonou, Benin.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Badou, S. & Missihoun, A. A. & Agbangla, C. & Gauthier, P. & Houéménou, G. & Dossou, H. J. & Etougbétché, J. & Adamjy, T. & Tchabi, A. & Faton, L. & Hima, K. & Evenamia, C. & Diagne, C. & Besnard, A. & Dalecky, A. & Dobigny, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

International trade has been favouring the dissemination of a wide suite of invasive alien species. Upstream prevention through the monitoring of entr...

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The spatial-temporal relationship of blue-winged teal to domestic poultry: movement state modelling of a highly mobile avian influenza host.

Published online: 02 Nov 2021

Authors: Humphreys, J. M. & Douglas, D. C. & Ramey, A. M. & Mullinax, J. M. & Soos, C. & Link, P. & Walther, P. & Prosser, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migratory waterfowl facilitate long-distance dispersal of zoonotic pathogens and are increasingly recognized as contributing to the geographic spread ...

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Predictability of anthrax infection in the Serengeti, Tanzania.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Hampson, K. & Lembo, T. & Bessell, P. & Auty, H. & Packer, C. & Halliday, J. & Beesley, C. A. & Fyumagwa, R. & Hoare, R. & Ernest, E. & Mentzel, C. & Metzger, K. L. & Mlengeya, T. & Stamey, K. & Roberts, K. & Wilkins, P. P. & Cleaveland, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthrax is endemic throughout Africa, causing considerable livestock and wildlife losses and severe, sometimes fatal, infection in humans. Predicting ...

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Influence of season and meteorological parameters on flight activity of Culicoides biting midges.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Sanders, C. J. & Shortall, C. R. & Gubbins, S. & Burgin, L. & Gloster, J. & Harrington, R. & Reynolds, D. R. & Mellor, P. S. & Carpenter, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Culicoides biting midges are vectors of internationally important arboviruses including bluetongue virus (BTV). The ecological constraints imposed by ...

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The selection of natural enemies for the biological control of the Australian bushfly.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Hughes, R. D. & Woolcock, L. T. & Ferrar, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Musca vetustissima Wlk., although native to Australia, currently breeds in the dung of exotic stock animals. Biological control could therefore be aim...

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Probability of occurrence and phenology of pine wilt disease transmission by insect vectors in the Rocky Mountains.

Published online: 16 Apr 2021

Authors: Atkins, D. H. & Davis, T. S. & Stewart, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Pine wilt disease, caused by pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; abbreviated 'PWN'), is a damaging and globally distributed insect-vectored...

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Epizootiology of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus (Baculoviridae) in European spruce sawfly (Gilpinia hercyniae): spread of disease from small epicentres in comparison with spread of baculovirus diseases in other hosts.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Entwistle, P. F. & Adams, P. H. W. & Evans, H. F. & Rivers, C. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The patterns of spatial growth of small epicentres of nuclear polyhedrosis virus disease of Gilpinia hercyniae (Htg.) (GHNPV) were studied in spruce f...

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EPIC-GILSYM: modelling crop-pest insect interactions and management with a novel coupled crop-insect model.

Published online: 31 Aug 2020

Authors: Rasche, L. & Taylor, R. A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern intensive agriculture relies heavily on pesticides to control weeds, pathogens and insect pests. Forecasting and managing the impact of pests a...

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The effects of predator exclusion and caging on cereal aphids in winter wheat.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Chambers, R. J. & Sunderland, K. D. & Wyatt, I. J. & Vickerman, G. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in numbers of cereal aphids (mainly Sitobion avenae (F.) and Metopolophium dirhodum (Wlk.) but including also Rhopalosiphum padi (L.)) were me...

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Ecological niche models based on occurrence records of the amphibian chytrid fungus overestimate lethal chytridiomycosis risk.

Published online: 06 Apr 2025

Authors: Thumsová, B. & Zarzo-Arias, A. & Roces-Díaz, J. V. & Martínez-Silvestre, A. & Rohr, J. R. & Bosch, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological niche models (ENMs) have been used frequently to predict the distribution and future spread of the pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytri...

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