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Weed management and woodland creation - an evidence review of herbicide alternatives and impacts on biodiversity.

Published online: 22 Jan 2022

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

1. Weed control is important for ensuring the rapid and successful establishment of trees in woodland creation projects. Over recent decades, herbicid...

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Pollination deficits and contributions of pollinators in apple production: a global meta-analysis.

Published online: 14 Apr 2023

Authors: Olhnuud, A. & Liu YunHui & Makowski, D. & Tscharntke, T. & Westphal, C. & Wu PanLong & Wang MeiNa & Werf, W. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Apple is one of the most widely cultivated fruit crops world-wide, and apple yield benefits from pollination by insects. The global decline in wild po...

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The cultural heritage of woods and forests.

Published online: 28 Mar 2019

Authors: Rotherham, I. D.

Content type: Bulletin article

Contrary to popular belief, our ancient woodlands in Britain and across much of Europe, are not 'wildwoods', nor even are they remnants of a 'wildwood...

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Could Nintendo's animal crossing be a tool for conservation messaging?

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Fisher, J. C. & Yoh, N. & Kubo, T. & Rundle, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The current extinction crisis demands worldwide commitment to conservation across all sectors of society. By transcending the traditional disciplinary...

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Pollination services in a macadamia cultivar depend on across-orchard transport of cross pollen.

Published online: 14 Dec 2021

Authors: Kämper, W. & Trueman, S. J. & Ogbourne, S. M. & Wallace, H. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination services are critical in entomophilous crops. Relationships between pollinator visits and fruit set and mass are complex and optimal strat...

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Seed mix design and floral resources drive multitrophic interactions in prairie restoration.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Hulting, K. A. & Kemmerling, L. R. & Griffin, S. R. & Webb, J. & Brown, A. K. & Haddad, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration often targets plant community recovery, but restoration success may depend on the recovery of a complex web of biotic interacti...

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Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species monitoring.

Published online: 23 Nov 2021

Authors: Marcenò, C. & Cubino, J. P. & Chytrý, M. & Genduso, E. & Salemi, D. & Rosa, A. la & Gristina, A. S. & Agrillo, E. & Bonari, G. & Galdo, G. G. del & Ilardi, V. & Landucci, F. & Guarino, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Social networks offer communication channels through which people share huge amounts of primary data that can be used for scientific analyses, includi...

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Population structure of Salvia pratensis in relation to vegetation and management of Dutch dry floodplain grasslands.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Hegland, S. J. & Leeuwen, M. van & Oostermeijer, J. G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We need to understand how threatened plant species respond to natural or management-induced habitat changes to conserve them successfully. Because lon...

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Why does Dasineura dielsi-induced galling of Acacia cyclops not impede vegetative growth?

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Moseley, C. T. & Cramer, M. D. & Kleinjan, C. A. & Hoffmann, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conventionally, agent host specificity has been the major concern in the selection of prospective agents for biological control of weeds. However, sub...

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Ecology of Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) in derived savanna in north-western Costa Rica.

Published online: 08 Jan 1972

Authors: Daubenmire, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

H. rufa was the only herbaceous plant to prosper under annual burning in derived savana in N.W. Costa Rica. Under favourable conditions it could be &g...

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