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Ants as tools in sustainable agriculture.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Offenberg, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With an expanding human population placing increasing pressure on the environment, agriculture needs sustainable production that can match conventiona...

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Probability of occurrence and phenology of pine wilt disease transmission by insect vectors in the Rocky Mountains.

Published online: 16 Apr 2021

Authors: Atkins, D. H. & Davis, T. S. & Stewart, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Pine wilt disease, caused by pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; abbreviated 'PWN'), is a damaging and globally distributed insect-vectored...

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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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The relationship between the presence of larval anisakine nematodes in cod and marine mammals in British home waters.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Young, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

About 5,400 cod from off the Hebrides, the Irish Sea, the Bristol Channel, the Southern Bight, the central North Sea and off the north-east English co...

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Mountain lions reducemovement, increase efficiency during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Published online: 02 May 2022

Authors: Benson, J. F. & Abernathy, H. N. & Sikich, J. A. & Riley, S. P. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Wildlife strongly alter behaviour in response to human disturbance; however, fundamental questions remain regarding the influence of human infrastruct...

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The influence of crocodile density on the prevalence of human attacks.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Baker, C. J. & Campbell, M. A. & Udyawer, V. & Kopf, R. K. & Campbell, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Large predator attacks on humans often provoke calls for animal population reduction, assuming it will reduce such incidents. Whilst this seems logica...

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Special Feature: Nature based solutions for a changing world.

Published online: 22 Dec 2021

Content type: Journal issue

Understanding the role of different species in the transmission of multi-host pathogens, such as rabies virus, is vital for effective control strategi...

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Island invasion and reinvasion: informing invasive species management with genetic measures of connectivity.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Pichlmueller, F. & Murphy, E. C. & MacKay, J. W. B. & Henderson, J. & Fewster, R. M. & Russell, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species are the major threat to island biodiversity world-wide. Genetic analyses assist in identifying invasion routes as well as revealing p...

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Background food influences rate of encounter and efficacy of rodenticides in wild house mice.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Brown, P. R. & Henry, S. & Hinds, L. A. & Robinson, F. & Duncan, R. P. & Ruscoe, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Baiting is widely used in wildlife management for various purposes, including lethal control, fertility control, disease and parasite control, and con...

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Intensity of parasitic nematodes increases with organochlorine levels in the glaucous gull.

Published online: 01 Nov 2000

Authors: Sagerup, K. & Henriksen, E. O. & Skorping, A. & Skaare, J. U. & Gabrielsen, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forty adult glaucous gulls Larus hyperboreus were collected on Bear Island, Norway, in the Svalbard archipelago in the western Barents Sea in July 199...

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