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Biological pest control and yields depend on spatial and temporal crop cover dynamics.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Schneider, G. & Krauss, J. & Riedinger, V. & Holzschuh, A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agricultural landscapes are dynamic systems with interannually changing proportions of different crop types. However, the effects of spatiotemp...

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Relative impacts of gypsy moth outbreaks and insecticide treatments on forest resources and ecosystems: an experimental approach.

Published online: 12 Apr 2021

Authors: Leroy, B. M. L. & Lemme, H. & Braumiller, P. & Hilmers, T. & Jacobs, M. & Hochrein, S. & Kienlein, S. & Müller, J. & Pretzsch, H. & Stimm, K. & Seibold, S. & Jaworek, J. & Hahn, W. A. & Müller-Kroehling Stefan & Weisser WolfgangW.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Gypsy moth outbreaks cause severe defoliation in Holarctic forests, both in North America where it is invasive, and in its native range in Eurasia. De...

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Response of secondary production and its components to multiple stressors in nematode field populations.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Doroszuk, A. & Brake, E. te & Crespo-Gonzalez, D. & Kammenga, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Realistic measures of the impact of individual or multiple stressors are important for ecological risk assessment. Although multiple anthropogenic str...

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The ecology of slugs in potato crops, with special reference to the differential susceptibility of potato cultivars to slug damage.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Pinder, L. C. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aspects under study in a Northumberland market garden included the distribution of slugs in soil under potato plants and grassland during June to Nove...

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Ecological studies of the vegetation of the Sudan. IV. The effect of simulated grazing on the growth of Acacia senegal (L.) Wild. seedlings.

Published online: 24 Feb 1970

Authors: Seif el Din, A. & Obeid, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a study of seedling survival after simulated browsing (removal of the cotyledons of 3-day seedlings, or the leading shoots of seedlings 1-11...

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Genetic considerations for provenance choice of native trees under climate change in England.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Whittet, R. & Cavers, S. & Ennos, R. & Cottrell, J.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report begins by describing three major modes of anticipated environmental change and their impacts on forests in England: (i) directional change...

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Landscape and local factors drive pesticide distribution in perennial agroecosystems.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Michalko, R. & Purchart, L. & Košulič, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pesticides constitute a major threat to biodiversity, but our understanding of the complex interactions between local and landscape factors influencin...

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Reduced applications of metaldehyde pellets for reliable control of the slug pests Arion lusitanicus and Deroceras reticulatum in oilseed rape adjacent to sown wildflower strips.

Published online: 06 Feb 1999

Authors: Friedli, J. & Frank, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The possibility of preventing severe slug damage to oilseed rape by applying metaldehyde solely on wildflower strips adjacent to the crop was studied....

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Effects of stress-induced changes in plant quality and host-plant species on the population dynamics of the pine beauty moth in Scotland: partial life tables of natural and manipulated populations.

Published online: 24 May 1988

Authors: Watt, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The population behaviour of Panolis flammea was observed to determine whether the association between outbreaks and trees growing in deep peat sites i...

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Late flowering time enhances insect pollination of turnip rape.

Published online: 29 Aug 2020

Authors: Toivonen, M. & Herzon, I. & Rajanen, H. & Toikkanen, J. & Kuussaari, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological intensification has been proposed as a strategy to mitigate the impacts of conventional intensive land use on pollinators and insect pollin...

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