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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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Epizootiology of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus (Baculoviridae) in European spruce sawfly (Gilpinia hercyniae): spread of disease from small epicentres in comparison with spread of baculovirus diseases in other hosts.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Entwistle, P. F. & Adams, P. H. W. & Evans, H. F. & Rivers, C. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The patterns of spatial growth of small epicentres of nuclear polyhedrosis virus disease of Gilpinia hercyniae (Htg.) (GHNPV) were studied in spruce f...

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Subsidy type and quality determine direction and strength of trophic cascades in arthropod food webs in agroecosystems.

Published online: 29 Aug 2020

Authors: Riggi, L. G. A. & Bommarco, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The subsidy hypothesis states that communities receiving nutrient subsidies will demonstrate top-down trophic cascades where predators indirectly incr...

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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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The effects of red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus L.) on biomass production of corn grains (Zea mays L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Dyer, M. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Feeding of A. phoeniceus on maize ears did not always result in crop loss because feeding on the tips of the ears, if not too severe, could stimulate ...

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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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The distribution and population regulation of the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus on field boundaries of pastoral farmland.

Published online: 29 Jun 1995

Authors: Montgomery, W. I. & Dowie, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The population characteristics and distribution of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) were investigated along field margins of farmland in Northern Irela...

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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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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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