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An improved quantitative method for estimating invertebrate predation in the field using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Published online: 03 Apr 1993

Authors: Sopp, P. I. & Sunderland, K. D. & Fenlon, J. S. & Wratten, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An equation for estimating invertebrate predation was tested in laboratory experiments with Sitobion avenae and polyphagous predators (Agonum dorsale,...

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Enhancing ecosystem services in apple orchards.

Published online: 27 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: Blog

This paper presents the results of a field study conducted in Spain, to evaluate the efficiency of installing artificial nest boxes for insectivorous ...

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Quantification of conservation criteria using invertebrates.

Published online: 12 Oct 1990

Authors: Eyre, M. D. & Rushton, S. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rarity indices and typicalness measurements were generated for sites within habitat groups defined by classifications of water beetle (including Halip...

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Diversity and invasion within a predator community: impacts on herbivore suppression.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Hogg, B. N. & Daane, K. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management strategies to enhance ecosystem services in agroecosystems often seek to increase predator biodiversity. Invaders commonly dominate predato...

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Varying the spatial arrangement of synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles and companion plants to improve conservation biological control.

Published online: 17 Aug 2020

Authors: Jaworski, C. C. & Xiao Da & Xu QingXuan & Ramirez-Romero, R. & Guo XiaoJun & Wang Su & Desneux, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation biological control aims to control pests by promoting wild populations of natural enemies. One challenge is to attract and retain efficie...

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Taxon-specific response of natural enemies to different flower strip mixtures.

Published online: 26 Nov 2024

Authors: Blümel, S. & Beule, L. & Bissantz, N. & Kirchner, W. H. & Haberlah-Korr, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Flower strips are a prominent agri-environmental scheme with the central objective to promote biodiversity and maintain associated ecosystem services....

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Creation of 'island' habitats in farmland to manipulate populations of beneficial arthropods: predator densities and emigration.

Published online: 04 Dec 1993

Authors: Thomas, M. B. & Wratten, S. D. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grass-sown raised earth banks were created as islands in the centres of 2 winter wheat fields in the UK to provide improved overwintering conditions f...

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Creation of 'island' habitats in farmland to manipulate populations of beneficial arthropods: predator densities and species composition.

Published online: 03 Apr 1993

Authors: Thomas, M. B. & Wratten, S. D. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of the provision of within-field grass habitats for the overwintering of natural enemies of Aphididae were studied in 1987-90 in the UK. D...

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Organic management in apple orchards: higher impacts on biological control than on pollination.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Porcel, M. & Andersson, G. K. S. & Pålsson, J. & Tasin, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive agricultural management negatively affects both natural enemies of pests and pollinators. Such management also has the potential to adversel...

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Habitat manipulation in lucerne Medicago sativa: arthropod population dynamics in harvested and 'refuge' crop strips.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Hossain, Z. & Gurr, G. M. & Wratten, S. D. & Raman, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. In order to realize the full potential of natural enemies in integrated pest management, it is necessary to understand their population dynamics, p...

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