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Advice as an instrument for more nature conservation in agriculture: evaluation of the advice offered in the joint project "Red Kite - Land for Life".

Published online: 28 Aug 2020

Authors: Böhner, H. & Schmidt, T. G.

Content type: Bulletin

From 2014 to 2018, within the scope of the "Rotmilan - Land zum Leben" joint project, more than 880 farms were given advice on the implementation of r...

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Design, analysis and statistical power of the Farm-Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Perry, J. N. & Rothery, P. & Clark, S. J. & Heard, M. S. & Hawes, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects on British farmland wildlife of the management of four genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops are currently being studied in a 5-ye...

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Avian vulnerability to wind farm collision through the year: insights from lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) tracked from multiple breeding colonies.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Thaxter, C. B. & Ross-Smith, V. H. & Bouten, W. & Clark, N. A. & Conway, G. J. & Masden, E. A. & Clewley, G. D. & Barber, L. J. & Burton, N. H. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Wind energy generation has become an important means to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate against human-induced climate change, but coul...

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Comparing biodiversity between protected areas and adjacent rangeland in xeric succulent thicket, South Africa: arthropods and reptiles.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: Fabricius, C. & Burger, M. & Hockey, P. A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although it is widely assumed that protected areas conserve species that would not survive elsewhere, this assumption is seldom tested. The aim of the...

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Local management or wider context: what determines the value of farm revegetation plantings for birds?

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Haslem, A. & Clarke, R. H. & Holland, G. J. & Radford, J. Q. & Stewart, A. & Bennett, A. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Small-scale revegetation plantings on farms are common to restoration efforts in agricultural regions worldwide. Such plantings provide habitat for di...

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Reversing declines in farmland birds: how much agri-environment provision is needed at farm and landscape scales?

Published online: 23 Aug 2023

Authors: Sharps, E. & Hawkes, R. W. & Bladon, A. J. & Buckingham, D. L. & Border, J. & Morris, A. J. & Grice, P. V. & Peach, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes (AES) are the primary policy mechanism for addressing farmland biodiversity declines across Europe. Despite previous studies ...

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Crop-dominated landscapes have higher vector-borne plant virus prevalence.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Claflin, S. B. & Jones, L. E. & Thaler, J. S. & Power, A. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape composition affects local arthropod biodiversity, including herbivorous insects and their predators, yet to date landscape effects on insect...

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Livestock grazing impacts components of the breeding productivity of a common upland insectivorous passerine: results from a long-term experiment.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Malm, L. E. & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Littlewood, N. A. & Karley, A. J. & Karaszewska, E. & Jaques, R. & Pakeman, R. J. & Redpath, S. M. & Evans, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The intensity of pastoral management in areas of High Nature Value farming is declining in some regions of Europe but increasing in others. This affec...

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Inorganic fungicides as routinely applied in organic and conventional agriculture can increase palatability but reduce microbial decomposition of leaf litter.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Zubrod, J. P. & Feckler, A. & Englert, D. & Koksharova, N. & Rosenfeldt, R. R. & Seitz, F. & Schulz, R. & Bundschuh, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The application of fungicides is considered an indispensable measure to secure crop production. These substances, however, may unintentionally enter s...

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Aphid performance and population development on their host plants is affected by weed-crop interactions.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Dahlin, I. & Ninkovic, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Some farming practices, like organic farming, lead to greater numbers of weed plants in crop fields. These fields may give us some insights into any b...

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