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Spatial aggregation of herbivores and predators enhances tri-trophic cascades in paddy fields: rice monoculture versus rice-fish co-culture.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Wan NianFeng & Cavalieri, A. & Siemann, E. & Dainese, M. & Li WenWei & Jiang JieXian

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rice-fish co-culture system has a history of more than 2,000 years in Asia and has been recognized as one of FAO's Globally Important Agricultural Her...

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A review of planting principles to identify the right place for the right tree for 'net zero plus' woodlands: applying a place-based natural capital framework for sustainable, efficient and equitable (SEE) decisions.

Published online: 14 Aug 2023

Authors: Bateman, I. J. & Anderson, K. & Argles, A. & Belcher, C. & Betts, R. A. & Binner, A. & Brazier, R. E. & Cho, F. H. T. & Collins, R. M. & Day, B. H. & Duran-Rojas, C. & Eisenbarth, S. & Gannon, K. & Gatis, N. & Groom, B. & Hails, R. & Harper, A. B. & Harwood, A. & Hastings, A. & Heard, M. S. & Hill, T. C. & Inman, A. & Lee, C. F. & Luscombe, D. J. & MacKenzie, A. R. & Mancini, M. C. & Morison, J. I. L. & Morris, A. & Quine, C. P. & Snowdon, P. & Tyler, C. R. & Vanguelova, E. I. & Wilkinson, M. & Williamson, D. & Xenakis, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

We outline the principles of the natural capital approach to decision making and apply these to the contemporary challenge of very significantly expan...

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'hey, tree. you are my Friend': assessing multiple values of nature through letters to trees.

Published online: 14 Aug 2023

Authors: Marquina, T. & Gould, R. K. & Murdoch, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The values associated with nature are a central component of human-nature interactions, but their assessment remains a challenge. In this exploratory ...

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Strategies to reintroduce prescribed fire as a grassland management process on the Canadian prairies.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Gross, D. V. & Lamb, E. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Prescribed fire is a land management practice utilized in fire-adapted ecosystems to reduce wildfire risks, control invasive, exotic and woody plan...

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Pollination services in a macadamia cultivar depend on across-orchard transport of cross pollen.

Published online: 14 Dec 2021

Authors: Kämper, W. & Trueman, S. J. & Ogbourne, S. M. & Wallace, H. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination services are critical in entomophilous crops. Relationships between pollinator visits and fruit set and mass are complex and optimal strat...

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Proximity to natural habitat and flower plantings increases insect populations and pollination services in South African apple orchards.

Published online: 15 Dec 2021

Authors: Ratto, F. & Steward, P. & Sait, S. M. & Pryke, J. S. & Gaigher, R. & Samways, M. J. & Kunin, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introducing areas of wildflower vegetation within crop fields has been shown to enhance pollinator activity and pollination services to crops, and fin...

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Shifts from complementarity to selection effects maintain high productivity in maize/legume intercropping systems.

Published online: 14 Dec 2021

Authors: Zhang WeiPing & Gao SaiNan & Li ZhaoXin & Xu HuaSen & Yang Hao & Yang Xin & Fan HongXia & Su Ye & Fornara, D. & Li Long

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Complementarity (CE) and selection effects (SE) have been either invoked to explain the positive diversity-productivity relationship in natural and se...

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Assessing grassland restoration success: relative roles of seed additions and native ungulate activities.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Martin, L. M. & Wilsey, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grassland restorations often lack rare forb and grass species that are found in intact grasslands. The possible reasons for low diversity include seed...

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Which traits are necessary to quickly select suitable plant species for ecological restoration?

Published online: 17 Jan 2022

Authors: Wang Chen & Liu Hui & Zhu LiWei & Ren Hai & Yan JunHua & Li ZhiAn & Zhang Hui

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Traditionally, restoration ecologists and land managers have used the trial-and-error method to select candidate restoration species. This method, how...

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The influence of weeds and farmyard manure on the activity of Carabidae and other ground-dwelling arthropods in a sugar beet crop.

Published online: 22 Jul 1985

Authors: Purvis, G. & Curry, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pitfall traps were used in the Irish Republic to investigate the effects of weeds and the application of farmyard manure on arthropod activity in suga...

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