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National-scale regulation of the weed seedbank by carabid predators.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Bohan, D. A. & Boursault, A. & Brooks, D. R. & Petit, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assuring future food productivity and security will require that better use is made of pest regulation provided by naturally occurring ecological serv...

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Development and growth of some agricultural species on a subantarctic island.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Aitken, Y. & Smith, R. I. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In experiments at Melbourne (Australia, mean air temperature 10 deg C) and King Edward Point, South Georgia (British Antarctic Territory, mean air tem...

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Reduced crop density increases floral resources to pollinators without affecting crop yield in organic and conventional fields.

Published online: 03 Aug 2021

Authors: Sidemo-Holm, W. & Carrié, R. & Ekroos, J. & Lindström, S. A. M. & Smith, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective weed control in agricultural crop fields increases yields, but simultaneously reduces floral resources for pollinators because many weed spe...

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Competitive dynamics in two- and three-component intercrops.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Andersen, M. K. & Hauggaard-Nielsen, H. & Weiner, J. & Jensen, E. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intercropping is receiving increasing attention because it offers potential advantages for resource utilization, decreased inputs and increased sustai...

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Managing trap-nesting bees as crop pollinators: spatiotemporal effects of floral resources and antagonists.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Dainese, M. & Riedinger, V. & Holzschuh, A. & Kleijn, D. & Scheper, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & MacIvor, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The decline of managed honeybees and the rapid expansion of mass-flowering crops increase the risk of pollination limitation in crops and raise questi...

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An introduction to the Farm-Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Firbank, L. G. & Heard, M. S. & Woiwod, I. P. & Hawes, C. & Haughton, A. J. & Champion, G. T. & Scott, R. J. & Hill, M. O. & Dewar, A. M. & Squire, G. R. & May, M. J. & Brooks, D. R. & Bohan, D. A. & Daniels, R. E. & Osborne, J. L. & Roy, D. B. & Black, H. I. J. & Rothery, P. & Perry, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) crops have cleared most of the regulatory hurdles required for commercial growing in the United...

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Can above-ground ecosystem services compensate for reduced fertilizer input and soil organic matter in annual crops?

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Gils, S. van & Putten, W. H. van der & Kleijn, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Above-ground and below-ground environmental conditions influence crop yield by pollination, pest pressure and resource supply. However, little is know...

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Effects of cultivation techniques and methods of straw disposal on predation by Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) upon slugs (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in an arable field.

Published online: 21 Mar 1997

Authors: Symondson, W. O. C. & Glen, D. M. & Wiltshire, C. W. & Langdon, C. J. & Liddell, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interactions between the polyphagous carabid predator Pterostichus melanarius and slugs were investigated from July to September 1992, before and afte...

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Spatial scale of insect-mediated pollen dispersal in oilseed rape in an open agricultural landscape.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Chifflet, R. & Klein, E. K. & Lavigne, C. & Féon, V. le & Ricroch, A. E. & Lecomte, J. & Vaissière, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interest in pollen-borne gene dispersal has grown with the cultivation of genetically modified plants. To date, both experimental data and models of o...

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Field boundary features can stabilise bee populations and the pollination of mass-flowering crops in rotational systems.

Published online: 02 Nov 2021

Authors: Gardner, E. & Breeze, T. D. & Clough, Y. & Smith, H. G. & Baldock, K. C. R. & Campbell, A. & Garratt, M. P. D. & Gillespie, M. A. K. & Kunin, W. E. & McKerchar, M. & Potts, S. G. & Senapathi, D. & Stone, G. N. & Wäckers, F. & Westbury, D. B. & Wilby, A. & Oliver, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators experience large spatiotemporal fluctuations in resource availability when mass-flowering crops are rotated with resource-poor cereal crop...

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