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Native vegetation embedded in landscapes dominated by corn and soybean improves honey bee health and productivity.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Zhang Ge & Murray, C. J. & Clair, A. L. S. & Cass, R. P. & Dolezal, A. G. & Schulte, L. A. & Toth, A. L. & O'Neal, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Balancing demand for food while supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services in landscapes committed to crop production may require integrating cons...

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Beneficial links for the control of aphids: the effects of compost applications on predators and prey.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Bell, J. R. & Traugott, M. & Sunderland, K. D. & Skirvin, D. J. & Mead, A. & Kravar-Garde, L. & Reynolds, K. & Fenlon, J. S. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Polyphagous predators, such as spiders and beetles, perform a fundamental ecosystem service as regulators of agricultural pests, particularly aphids. ...

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Long-term changes in the flora of the cereal ecosystem on the Sussex Downs, England, focusing on the years 1968-2005.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Potts, G. R. & Ewald, J. A. & Aebischer, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There has been a surge of interest in the effects of modern agriculture on biodiversity but studies of farmland flora have lacked continuity and histo...

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Predator refuges for conservation biological control in an intermediately disturbed system: the rise and fall of a simple solution.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Liman, A. S. & Eklund, K. & Björkman, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managed systems harvested at intermediate time-scales have advantages over annual short-cycled systems in maintaining top-down control of insect herbi...

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New opportunities for small-scale farmers of the Amazon to strengthen hazards resilience while preserving forests - Field experiments combined with agent-based modelling.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Piketty, M. G. & Sist, P.

Content type: Bulletin article

This paper introduces a simulation model focused on smallholder practices and labour management that is used to assess the long-term impacts of altern...

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Impact of an exotic earthworm on seed dispersal of an indigenous US weed.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Regnier, E. & Harrison, S. K. & Liu, J. & Schmoll, J. T. & Edwards, C. A. & Arancon, N. & Holloman, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ambrosia trifida L. (giant ragweed), an aggressive weed of US grain crops and indigenous to North America, colonizes no-tillage crop fields and undist...

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Landscape context and farm uptake limit effects of bird conservation in the Swedish Volunteer & Farmer Alliance.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Josefsson, J. & Pärt, T. & Berg, Å. & Lokhorst, A. M. & Eggers, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Europe, agri-environmental schemes (AES) have been unsuccessful in halting biodiversity declines to any great extent. Two shortcomings of AES inclu...

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Modest enhancements to conventional grassland diversity improve the provision of pollination services.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Orford, K. A. & Murray, P. J. & Vaughan, I. P. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grassland for livestock production is a major form of land use throughout Europe and its intensive management threatens biodiversity and ecosystem fun...

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Estimating predation of the grain aphid Sitobion avenae by polyphagous predators.

Published online: 08 Mar 1995

Authors: Winder, L. & Hirst, D. J. & Carter, N. & Wratten, S. D. & Sopp, P. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The numbers of dead and live Sitobion avenae falling to the ground in a wheat crop in 1988-89 in the UK were estimated. The estimates showed that more...

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Interspecific interactions regulate plant reproductive allometry in cereal-legume intercropping systems.

Published online: 14 Dec 2021

Authors: Gaudio, N. & Violle, C. & Gendre, X. & Fort, F. & Mahmoud, R. & Pelzer, E. & Médiène, S. & Hauggaard-Nielsen, H. & Bedoussac, L. & Bonnet, C. & Corre-Hellou, G. & Couëdel, A. & Couëdel, P. H. & Jensen, E. S. & Journet, E. P. & Justes, E. & Kammoun, B. & Litrico, I. & Moutier, N. & Naudin, C. & Casadebaig, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Calls for the application of ecological principles in agriculture have gained momentum. Intercropping systems are designed by growing two, or more, an...

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