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The concurrent assessment of agronomic, ecological and environmental variables enables better choice of agroecological service crop termination management.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Navarro-Miró, D. & Blanco-Moreno, J. M. & Ciaccia, C. & Testani, E. & Iocola, I. & Depalo, L. & Burgio, G. & Kristensen, H. L. & Hefner, M. & Tamm, K. & Bender, I. & Persiani, A. & Diacono, M. & Montemurro, F. & Willekens, K. & Védie, H. & Bavec, M. & Robačer, M. & Arlotti, D. & Deltour, P. & Neve, S. de & Gebremikael, M. T. & Chamorro, L. & Caballero-López, B. & Pérez-Ferrer, A. & Canali, S. & Sans, F. X.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although organic farming was originally promoted as an alternative farming system to address agronomic, environmental and ecological issues, its conve...

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Twenty years of rest returns grazing potential, but not palatable plant diversity, to Karoo rangeland, South Africa.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Seymour, C. L. & Milton, S. J. & Joseph, G. S. & Dean, W. R. J. & Ditlhobolo, T. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Up to 73% of the world's rangelands are degraded, and increasing demand for meat in developing countries and a growing human population are likely to ...

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Changes in the biomass and productivity of woodlands in the Sengwa wildlife research area, Zimbabwe.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Guy, P. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in biomass and annual production measured from 1972 to 1976 in four woodlands, the miombo, the Sengwa/Lutope riverine, the Manyoni riverine an...

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Salmon louse infestation levels on sea trout can be predicted from a hydrodynamic lice dispersal model.

Published online: 29 Apr 2022

Authors: Bøhn, T. & Nilsen, R. & Gjelland, K. Ø. & Biuw, M. & Sandvik, A. D. & Primicerio, R. & Karlsen, Ø. & Serra-Llinares, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance of the parasitic salmon louse has increased with the growth in aquaculture of salmonids in open net pens. This represents a threat to wi...

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Collateral diseases: aquaculture impacts on wildlife infections.

Published online: 23 Mar 2021

Authors: Bouwmeester, M. M. & Goedknegt, M. A. & Poulin, R. & Thieltges, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aquaculture is a promising source of fish and other aquatic organisms to ensure human food security but it comes at the price of diverse environmental...

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Biodiversity citizen science: outcomes for the participating citizens.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Peter, M. & Diekötter, T. & Höffler, T. & Kremer, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Citizen science (CS) is regarded as a promising format in environmental and sustainability education as well as in science education. CS projects ofte...

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Urban versus rural? The effects of residential status on species identification skills and connection to nature.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Bashan, D. & Colléony, A. & Shwartz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Urbanization and urban lifestyles increasingly disconnect people from nature in a process that was termed the 'extinction of experience'. This loss of...

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Socio-psychological factors, beyond knowledge, predict people's engagement in pollinator conservation.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Knapp, J. L. & Phillips, B. B. & Clements, J. & Shaw, R. F. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nature conservation often depends on the behaviour of individuals, which can be driven by socio-psychological factors such as a person's attitude, kno...

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A simulation model of the epidemiology of barley yellow dwarf virus in winter sown cereals and its application to forecasting.

Published online: 15 May 1993

Authors: Kendall, D. A. & Brain, P. & Chinn, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model is described which simulates the spread of barley yellow dwarf luteovirus (BYDV) by aphids in winter cereals in SW England. The model...

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Impact of forest management on insect abundance and damage in a lowland tropical forest in southern Cameroon.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Stork, N. E. & McBeath, C. & Lawson, G. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rate of deforestation in West Africa was around 2% (12 000 km2) per annum during the 1980s, and recent evidence from Cameroon suggests that the ra...

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