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Multispecies crop mixtures increase insect biodiversity in an intercropping experiment.

Published online: 30 Sep 2023

Authors: Brandmeier, J. & Reininghaus, H. & Scherber, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Recent biodiversity declines require action across sectors such as agriculture. The situation is particularly acute for arthropods, a species-rich tax...

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Locusts and grasshoppers as pests of crops and pasture-a preliminary economic approach.

Published online: 03 Jul 1967

Authors: Bullen, F. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's summary. The amount of damage caused by locusts and grasshoppers is a function of a number of complex v...

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Development of a predictive management tool for Orange River blackfly outbreak.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Rivers-Moore, N. & Palmer, R. & Naidoo, S. & Ndou, E.

Content type: Bulletin

This document describes the development and testing of the current probabilistic blackfly outbreak model, by including water temperature and turbidity...

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The pest status and control of the tadpole shrimp, Triops granarius, and of the snail, Lanistes ovum, in Swaziland rice fields.

Published online: 30 Dec 1965

Authors: Crossland, N. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

T. granarius, which damaged rice in the seedling stage, was controlled by 0.5 lb malathion/ac. L. ovum, which damaged young growing points of rice, wa...

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Differential effects of landscape and management on diversity and density of ground-dwelling farmland spiders.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Schmidt, M. H. & Roschewitz, I. & Thies, C. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution and abundance of animals are influenced by factors at both local and wider landscape scales. Natural enemies of pests in arable field...

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Modification of the triangle method of degree-day accumulation to allow for behavioural thermoregulation in insects.

Published online: 13 Apr 1999

Authors: Bryant, S. R. & Bale, J. S. & Thomas, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability to predict insect development in field situations is fundamental to pest management programmes and in the understanding of insect phenolog...

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Biological control and the reproductive mode of weeds.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Burdon, J. J. & Marshall, D. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The genetic structure of agricultural plant populations has long been recognized as an important factor in their vulnerability or resistance to diseas...

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Effects of plant phylogenetic diversity on herbivory depend on herbivore specialization.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Castagneyrol, B. & Jactel, H. & Vacher, C. & Brockerhoff, E. G. & Koricheva, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest regulation is an important ecosystem service provided by biodiversity, as plants growing in species-rich communities often experience association...

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Direct and indirect effects of landscape and field management intensity on carabids through trophic resources and weeds.

Published online: 01 Mar 2022

Authors: Carbonne, B. & Bohan, D. A. & Foffová, H. & Daouti, E. & Frei, B. & Neidel, V. & Saska, P. & Skuhrovec, J. & Petit, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carabids are important biological control agents of weeds and other pests in agricultural fields. The carabid community is built upon direct and indir...

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Relative fitness of malathion-resistant phenotypes of Oryzaephilus surinamensis L. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Muggleton, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two malathion-resistant strains of the stored-grain pest Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) were cultured in the laboratory in the UK in the absence of in...

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