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Conservation tillage mitigates the negative effect of landscape simplification on biological control.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Tamburini, G. & Simone, S. de & Sigura, M. & Boscutti, F. & Marini, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological pest control is a key ecosystem service, and it depends on multiple factors acting from the local to the landscape scale. However, the effe...

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Biological control of a tropical weed: a population model and experiment for Sida acuta.

Published online: 03 Aug 1995

Authors: Lonsdale, W. M. & Farrell, G. & Wilson, C. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of defoliation of the malvaceous tropical weed Sida acuta by an introduced biological control agent, the chrysomelid Calligrapha pantherin...

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Participation for protection: how collaboration between local communities, government agencies, and researchers can protect native species from invasive species.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Caceres-Escobar, H. & Kark, S. & Atkinson, S. C. & Possingham, H. P. & Davis, K. J.

Content type: Blog

This article describes a six-step framework that includes local ecological, economic and social knowledge to select the best management strategies to ...

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Responses of male brushtail possums to sterile females: implications for biological control.

Published online: 10 Apr 2002

Authors: Ji WeiHong & Clout, M. N. & Sarre, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Increasingly immunocontraception is being considered as a potential method for the biological control of mammalian pests. Although several studies ...

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Seasonal life-history models for the integrated management of the invasive weed nodding thistle Carduus nutans in Australia.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Shea, K. & Sheppard, A. & Woodburn, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is widely accepted that combining several control options into integrated pest management strategies is the most effective way to provide long-term...

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Refuge habitats modify impact of insecticide disturbance on carabid beetle communities.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Lee, J. C. & Menalled, F. D. & Landis, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carabid beetles are polyphagous predators that can act as biological control agents of insect pests and weeds. While current agricultural practices of...

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Individual study: mechanical and manual control of prickly pear Opuntia dillenii in lakeside dunes at Laguna del Portil, southern Spain.

Published online: 12 Mar 2020

Authors: García-de-Lomas, J. & Martín, I. & Saavedra, C. & Fernández-Carrillo, L. & Martínez, E. & Rodríguez, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

We present the results of an intervention to control prickly pear Opuntia dillenii in an area of coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. and Pinus pinea at ...

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Beyond control: wider implications for the management of biological invasions.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Hulme, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Government departments, environmental managers and conservationists are all facing escalating pressure to address and resolve a diversity of invasive ...

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Disease transmission between and within species, and the implications for disease control.

Published online: 24 Mar 2004

Authors: Caley, P. & Hone, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disease transmission can occur between and within species for diseases with multiple hosts. If these diseases are undesirable, for economic or health ...

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Additive and interactive effects of pollination and biological pest control on crop yield.

Published online: 27 Aug 2020

Authors: Gagic, V. & Marcora, A. & Howie, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insect pollination and biological pest control simultaneously influence crop yield, but are often investigated individually. This can lead to under- o...

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