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Because plant and soil systems are strongly inter-linked, manipulating plant traits in intensively managed agricultural systems could be used to impro...

Introduced pathogens and other parasites are often implicated in host population-level declines and extinctions. However, such claims are rarely suppo...

Reclaiming peatland ecosystems is challenging our understanding of how to rebuild functioning landscapes. Assisted succession may provide a practical ...

As part of a wider study on the ecology of cereal crops, preliminary studies were carried out in Britain on the nocturnal activity and vertical distri...

The feral pigeon (Columba livia) is a globally commensal bird that can cause dis-amenities such as soiling and is a potential vector of various diseas...

1. Functional and numerical responses are key components in the selection of predators for biological control. We examined the relevance of these resp...

Riparian trees regulate aquatic ecosystem processes, such as inputs of light, organic matter and nutrients, that can be altered dramatically when thes...

Land-use intensification strongly influences biodiversity by altering habitat heterogeneity, the distribution of habitat types and their extent. This ...

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

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