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Organic farming positively affects honeybee colonies in a flower-poor period in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 31 Aug 2020

Authors: Wintermantel, D. & Odoux, J. F. & Chadœuf, J. & Bretagnolle, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conventional farming has been implicated in global biodiversity and pollinator declines and organic farming is often regarded as a more ecological alt...

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The effects of predator exclusion and caging on cereal aphids in winter wheat.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Chambers, R. J. & Sunderland, K. D. & Wyatt, I. J. & Vickerman, G. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in numbers of cereal aphids (mainly Sitobion avenae (F.) and Metopolophium dirhodum (Wlk.) but including also Rhopalosiphum padi (L.)) were me...

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A study of the ecology of Acacia mellifera, A. seyal, and Balanites aegyptiaca in relation to land clearing.

Published online: 26 Feb 1966

Authors: Adams, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land clearing for irrigated agriculture in the Sudan clay plains is urgently needed because the Roseires Dam is to be completed in 1967. Two different...

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Prospective evaluation of the biological control of vine mealybug: refuge effects and climate.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Gutierrez, A. P. & Daane, K. M. & Ponti, L. & Walton, V. M. & Ellis, C. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vine mealybug Planococcus ficus is an invasive pest of vineyards in many areas of the world. In California, USA, it infests all plant subunits and has...

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Contrasting long-term effects of transient anthropogenic edges and forest fragment size on generalist and specialist deadwood-dwelling fungi.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Ruete, A. & Snäll, T. & Jonsson, B. G. & Jönsson, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forests are becoming increasingly fragmented world-wide, creating forest patches with reduced area and greater exposure to human land uses along fragm...

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Associations between natural blue and green space and preschool children's movement behaviours.

Published online: 07 Nov 2024

Authors: George, P. & Murray, K. & Trost, S. G. & Boruff, B. & Christian, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Natural outdoor environments provide important settings for children to engage in physical activity. It is unclear if these relationships also exist i...

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Comparative studies of the ingestive behaviour and herbage intake of sheep and cattle grazing indigenous hill plant communities.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Hodgson, J. & Forbes, T. D. A. & Armstrong, R. H. & Beattie, M. M. & Hunter, E. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field studies in Scotland, groups of non-lactating ewes and cows grazed together on 3 native grassland communities (Agrostis-Festuca, Nardus-Festuc...

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The effect of resource depletion on the feeding behaviour of a browser: winter foraging by moose on Scots pine.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Edenius, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The foraging dynamics of the moose (Alces alces) were studied in trials near Umeå, Sweden in winter 1988-89 in the following artificial stands set up ...

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Simulating the spread and establishment of alien species along aquatic and terrestrial transport networks: a multi-pathway and high-resolution approach.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Bagnara, M. & Nowak, L. & Boehmer, H. J. & Schöll, F. & Schurr, F. M. & Seebens, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The introduction and further spread of many alien species have been a result of trade and transport. Consequently, alien species are often found close...

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Soil biota is decisive for overyielding in intercropping under low phosphorus conditions.

Published online: 21 Sep 2022

Authors: Qiao Xu & Bei ShuiKuan & Wang GuangZhou & Li ChunJie & Li HaiGang & Zhang JunLing & Zhang FuSuo

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cereal/legume intercropping typically increases crop yield; however, the mechanisms through which soil microbes mediate overyielding in intercropping ...

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