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A study of feeding by polyphagous predators on cereal aphids using ELISA and gut dissection.

Published online: 30 Nov 1988

Authors: Sunderland, K. D. & Crook, N. E. & Stacey, D. L. & Fuller, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect aphid consumption by predators collected from 3 fields of winter wheat in the UK. A total...

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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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A call for a national collaborative predator coexistence program.

Published online: 27 Jul 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Carter, N. H. & Nelson, P. & Easter, T.

Content type: Blog

Negative interactions between large terrestrial predators, such as wolves, bears and felids, and livestock are a global phenomenon. The resultant conf...

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Biological control in winter: novel evidence for the importance of generalist predators.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Pekár, S. & Michalko, R. & Loverre, P. & Líznarová, E. & Černecká, L'.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of generalist predators in pest control has been neglected because generalists are not able to track pest populations. Generalist predators a...

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Predation by introduced foxes on native bush rats in Australia: do foxes take the doomed surplus?

Published online: 18 Mar 2000

Authors: Banks, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introduced vertebrate predators are one of the most important threats to endemic mammal species. Prey naivety can lead to heavy losses to alien predat...

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Associations between gamebird releases and generalist predators.

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Pringle, H. & Wilson, M. & Calladine, J. & Siriwardena, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The release of more than 40 million captive-bred pheasants and red-legged partridges in Britain annually represents a significant addition to the pote...

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Biological control of the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini, by the predatory mite, Hypoaspis aculeifer, on lilies: predator-prey interactions at various spatial scales.

Published online: 05 Sep 1996

Authors: Lesna, I. & Sabelis, M. & Conijn, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments in closed jars with lily bulbs at 25°C showed that the predator, Hypoaspis aculeifer, can suppress populations of its prey, Rhizoglyphus r...

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Diversity, invasive species and extinctions in insular ecosystems.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Donlan, C. J. & Wilcox, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species invasions are a primary driver of species additions and deletions in ecosystems. Understanding the intricacies of invasions and their conseque...

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European bird declines: do we need to rethink approaches to the management of abundant generalist predators?

Published online: 28 Nov 2020

Authors: McMahon, B. J. & Doyle, S. & Gray, A. & Kelly, S. B. A. & Redpath, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bird species are declining across Europe. Current European policy, that is, the Birds and Habitats Directives, focus on habitat management as a way of...

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Modelling pest population resurgence due to recolonization of fields following an insecticide application.

Published online: 19 Aug 1998

Authors: Trumper, E. V. & Holt, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In order to investigate the effect of insect recolonization on the insecticide-induced resurgence of crop pests, a modified Lotka-Volterra predator-pr...

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