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Low S-allele numbers limit mate availability, reduce seed set and skew fitness in small populations of a self-incompatible plant.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Young, A. G. & Pickup, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of genetic factors in species decline and extinction is the subject of a long-running controversy, with demographical factors often seen as m...

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Towards a systems approach for understanding honeybee decline: a stocktaking and synthesis of existing models.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Becher, M. A. & Osborne, J. L. & Thorbek, P. & Kennedy, P. J. & Grimm, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The health of managed and wild honeybee colonies appears to have declined substantially in Europe and the United States over the last decade. Sustaina...

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Emerging viral disease risk to pollinating insects: ecological, evolutionary and anthropogenic factors.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Manley, R. & Boots, M. & Wilfert, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential for infectious pathogens to spillover and emerge from managed populations to wildlife communities is poorly understood, but ecological, ...

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Traffic intensity and vegetation management affect flower-visiting insects and their response to resources in road verges.

Published online: 01 Nov 2024

Authors: Horstmann, S. & Auffret, A. G. & Herbertsson, L. & Klatt, B. K. & Müller, S. & Öckinger, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Road verges can support high densities of flowers and could therefore provide new opportunities for the conservation of flower-visiting insects. One w...

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How do genetically modified (GM) crops contribute to background levels of GM pollen in an agricultural landscape?

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Lavigne, C. & Klein, E. K. & Mari, J. F. & Ber, F. le & Adamczyk, K. & Monod, H. & Angevin, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is well established that pollen-mediated gene flow among natural plant populations depends on a complex interaction between the spatial distributio...

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The effect of patch size and separation on bumblebee foraging in oilseed rape: implications for gene flow.

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Cresswell, J. E. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Theory predicts that the susceptibility of patches of plants to gene flow mediated by incoming pollinators will depend on the length of pollinator res...

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