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Long-term surveys support declines in early season forest plants used by bumblebees.

Published online: 02 Aug 2021

Authors: Mola, J. M. & Richardson, L. L. & Spyreas, G. & Zaya, D. N. & Pearse, I. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations of bumblebees and other pollinators have declined over the past several decades due to numerous threats, including habitat loss and degrad...

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The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms: further structural considerations.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Majer, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution of ants in a Ghana cacao plantation [cf. preceding abstract] was investigated in order to gain information for an integrated control ...

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The effects of refuge size and number on acarine predator-prey dynamics in a pesticide-disturbed apple orchard.

Published online: 19 Aug 1998

Authors: Lester, P. J. & Thistlewood, H. M. A. & Harmsen, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In apple orchards, the use of pesticides such as pyrethroids for the control of lepidopteran and dipteran pests can severely disturb natural equilibri...

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Agri-environment schemes enhance pollinator richness and abundance but bumblebee reproduction depends on field size.

Published online: 16 Dec 2020

Authors: Geppert, C. & Hass, A. & Földesi, R. & Donkó, B. & Akter, A. & Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators have experienced a dramatic decrease world-wide due to agricultural intensification. In many countries, agri-environment schemes (AES) hav...

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Restructuring tree provenance test data to conform to reciprocal transplant experiments for detecting local adaptation.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Lu PengXin & Parker, W. C. & Colombo, S. J. & Man RongZhou

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Local adaptation is a fundamental assumption in delineating seed zones and developing seed transfer guidelines to safeguard climatic adaptation of tre...

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UAV-derived greenness and within-crown spatial patterning can detect ash dieback in individual trees.

Published online: 01 Jul 2024

Authors: Flynn, W. R. M. & Grieve, S. W. D. & Henshaw, A. J. & Owen, H. J. F. & Buggs, R. J. A. & Metheringham, C. L. & Plumb, W. J. & Stocks, J. J. & Lines, E. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Ash Dieback (ADB) has been present in the UK since 2012 and is expected to kill up to 80% of UK ash trees. Detecting and quantifying the extent of ADB...

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The role of dispersal levels, Allee effects and community resistance as zooplankton communities respond to environmental change.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Gray, D. K. & Arnott, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Worldwide, freshwater zooplankton communities have been subjected to multiple environmental stressors including acidification, invasive species introd...

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Sixteenth Session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission, Guadeloupe, France, 20-24 June 2016.

Published online: 01 Mar 2017

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The Sixteenth Session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission was held in Guadeloupe, France, from 20 to 24 June 2016. The session was atte...

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Forecasting the potential distribution of the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Herborg, L. & O'Hara, P. & Therriault, T. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species are a major threat to global biodiversity and their introduction can have significant economic consequences. The invasive tunicate Di...

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Local-scale factors structure wild bee communities in protected areas.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Murray, T. E. & Fitzpatrick, Ú. & Byrne, A. & Fealy, R. & Brown, M. J. F. & Paxton, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the current context of global habitat loss, a fundamental challenge is to understand how ecological processes interact to determine community compo...

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