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Population dynamics of Trifolium balansae and T. resupinatum in self-regenerating pastures. I. Seed and plant densities and dry matter yield.

Published online: 16 Apr 1997

Authors: Jansen, P. I. & Ison, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field trial near Forbes, central-west New South Wales, Trifolium balansae cv. Paradana and T. resupinatum lines SA 12240 and SA 14433 were sown a...

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Conservation tillage mitigates the negative effect of landscape simplification on biological control.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Tamburini, G. & Simone, S. de & Sigura, M. & Boscutti, F. & Marini, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological pest control is a key ecosystem service, and it depends on multiple factors acting from the local to the landscape scale. However, the effe...

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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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The consequences of ant-attendance to the biological control of the red wax scale insect Ceroplastes rubens by Anicetus beneficus.

Published online: 25 Sep 1996

Authors: Itioka, T. & Inoue, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of an attendant ant (Lasius niger) on the host-parasitoid system of the red wax scale insect (Ceroplastes rubens) and its parasitoid wasp ...

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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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Crop traits drive soil carbon sequestration under organic farming.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: García-Palacios, P. & Gattinger, A. & Bracht-Jørgensen, H. & Brussaard, L. & Carvalho, F. & Castro, H. & Clément, J. C. & Deyn, G. de & D'Hertefeldt, T. & Foulquier, A. & Hedlund, K. & Lavorel, S. & Legay, N. & Lori, M. & Mäder, P. & Martínez-García, L. B. & Silva, P. M. da & Muller, A. & Nascimento, E. & Reis, F. & Symanczik, S. & Sousa, J. P. & Milla, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming (OF) enhances top soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in croplands compared with conventional farming (CF), which can contribute to seque...

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Functional traits in cover crop mixtures: biological nitrogen fixation and multifunctionality.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Blesh, J. & Martin, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cover crop mixtures with complementary plant functional traits including biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) may supply nitrogen (N) to farm fields whi...

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The effect of uncultivated land on the distribution of cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) on an adjacent crop.

Published online: 04 Jul 1965

Authors: Van Emden, H. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based almost entirely on the author's summary of this account of investigations in southern England in 1957-58. The numbers of Brevic...

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The relationship of potato leaf temperatures to air temperatures as affected by overhead irrigation, soil moisture and weather.

Published online: 19 Dec 1972

Authors: Lomas, J. & Schlesinger, E. & Zilka, M. & Israeli, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Automatically recording thermocouple sensing elements clipped to potato leaves and thermocouple needles inserted into the midrib of the leaf showed th...

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Effect of water stress on stem diameter changes of peach trees growing in the field.

Published online: 13 May 1986

Authors: Garnier, E. & Berger, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Daily stem diameter changes were recorded continuously from June to September on peach trees (cv. Springcrest on GF 305 rootstock) irrigated at 50 and...

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