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Multiple factors, including arena size, shape the functional responses of ladybird beetles.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Uiterwaal, S. F. & Delong, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Functional response studies are often used to determine the suitability of predators as biocontrol agents. Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae...

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Applied autoethnography: a method for reporting best practice in ecological and environmental research.

Published online: 17 Feb 2023

Authors: Murphy, K. J. & Griffin, L. L. & Nolan, G. & Haigh, A. & Hochstrasser, T. & Ciuti, S. & Kane, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Applied research involves interactions between different organisations-academia, industry, government. Breakdowns in communication can occur during th...

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Soil fertility as a mediator of interactions between an introduced specialist beetle and a native generalist nematode on an exotic invasive plant and its native congener.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Xiang Yao & Zhao KaiQing & Guo WenFeng & Li XiaoQiong

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionzhThis link goes to a Chinese section Invasive plants are often attacked by both introduced specialist and native...

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Macroinvertebrate and environmental responses to dredging and submerged macrophytes transplantation.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Fu Hong & Xu Jun & Molinos, J. G. & Zhang Huan & Wang Huan & Zhang Min & Klaar MeGan & Brown, L. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eutrophication of freshwater ecosystems is a global problem, but restoration can be difficult due to ongoing problems relating to water pollution, sed...

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Predicting the dosage of fumigant needed to eradicate insect pests from stored products.

Published online: 02 Jul 1969

Authors: Howe, R. W. & Hole, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the authors' summary of this account of laboratory investigations in Britain. Samples of wheat weighing 10 g and containing...

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A food web approach to evaluating the effect of insecticide spraying on insect pest population dynamics in a Philippine irrigated rice ecosystem.

Published online: 08 Jun 1995

Authors: Cohen, J. E. & Schoenly, K. & Heong, K. L. & Justo, H. & Arida, G. & Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data from a 645-taxa Philippines-wide food web and from multiple regression models were used to predict population fluctuations of insect pests in a r...

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Trade-offs in parasitism efficiency and brood size mediate parasitoid coexistence, with implications for biological control of the invasive emerald ash borer.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Wang XiaoYi & Jennings, D. E. & Duan, J. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasitoids often are selected for use as biological control agents because of their high host specificity, yet such host specificity can result in st...

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Functional responses of multitaxa communities to disturbance and stress gradients in a restored floodplain.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Fournier, B. & Gillet, F. & Bayon, R. C. le & Mitchell, E. A. D. & Moretti, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trait-based approaches can reveal the mechanisms through which disturbances or stress impact communities, allowing comparisons of the role of differen...

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Predictive value of plant traits to grazing along a climatic gradient in the Mediterranean.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Bello, F. de & Lepš, J. & Sebastià, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the face of large-scale environmental changes, predicting the consequences for species composition from species' traits can be a major step towards...

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Saltmarsh erosion and restoration in south-east England: squeezing the evidence requires realignment.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Wolters, M. & Bakker, J. P. & Bertness, M. D. & Jefferies, R. L. & Möller, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Saltmarshes in south-east England have been eroding rapidly since 1960. Recently, Hughes & Paramor (2004) and Morris et al. (2004) have presented ...

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