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The widespread declines of farmland birds have generally been linked to agricultural intensification. We tested the hypotheses that (i) changes in agr...

The stage-specific responses of eruptive populations to ecosystem alterations have received little attention, despite the relevance of the issue for c...

Field release of endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria into wild Aedes aegypti mosquito populations is a promising strategy for biocontrol of dengue. This ...

The role of genetic factors in species decline and extinction is the subject of a long-running controversy, with demographical factors often seen as m...

The summer populations of the aphid Metopolophium dirhodum were monitored in a field of winter wheat in Bedfordshire, England, in 1978-80. The populat...

Rationalizing the use of chemicals in pest control programmes is a fundamental goal that is aided by the knowledge of patterns of population connectiv...

Introduced pathogens and other parasites are often implicated in host population-level declines and extinctions. However, such claims are rarely suppo...

Estimating temporal trends in animal abundance is central to ecology and conservation, but obtaining useful trend estimates is challenging when animal...

There is increasing evidence from local studies carried out in several parts of the world to suggest that increases in the abundance of deer may be de...

A simulation model of the population dynamics of the delphacid Nilaparvata lugens on rice in Zhejiang Province, China, was constructed using field pop...