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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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Value of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi as food for cereal spiders.

Published online: 05 Oct 1995

Authors: Toft, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Laboratory experiments were carried out to analyse various aspects of spider performance under different diets, focusing mainly on the value of the ap...

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Variation in hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) presence in hedge and scrub habitats.

Published online: 19 Aug 2024

Authors: Scopes, E. R. & Bennie, J. J. & Broome, A. & Walsh, K. & McDonald, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Habitat restoration at a landscape scale is key to reversing the loss of biodiversity arising from habitat destruction. In landscapes that are intensi...

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Indirect effects mediate direct effects of climate warming on insect disturbance regimes of temperate broadleaf forests in the central U.S.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Duan ShengWu & He, H. S. & Spetich, M. A. & Wang, W. J. & Fraser, J. S. & Thompson, F. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate warming directly affects insect disturbance regimes by altering temperature-dependent population development. Indirect effects of climate chan...

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Population trends of farmland birds in Sweden and England: similar trends but different patterns of agricultural intensification.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Wretenberg, J. & Lindström, Å. & Svensson, S. & Thierfelder, T. & Pärt, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies, mainly from the UK, show that many farmland birds have declined as a result of recent agricultural intensification. We tested this idea by an...

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The effect of organic farming on butterfly diversity depends on landscape context.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The recent dramatic decline in farmland biodiversity is often attributed to agricultural intensification and structural changes in the agricultural la...

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The extent and intensity of management burning in the English uplands.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Yallop, A. R. & Thacker, J. I. & Thomas, G. & Stephens, M. & Clutterbuck, B. & Brewer, T. & Sannier, C. A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

World-wide, the controlled use of fire is an important ecological management tool and is essential for the continuance of many communities. It is used...

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Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of managed forests: a case study from temperate Australia.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Roxburgh, S. H. & Wood, S. W. & Mackey, B. G. & Woldendorp, G. & Gibbons, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The concept of assessing forests for carbon sequestration is well established. Operationally, estimating a forests' potential to sequester carbon requ...

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Proximity to rainforest enhances pollination and fruit set in orchards.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Blanche, K. R. & Ludwig, J. A. & Cunningham, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical rainforests are potential reservoirs of insects that could enhance crop pollination, but only a few instances of the provision of such servic...

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Fire traps in the wet subtropics: new perspectives from Hong Kong.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Chan, A. H. Y. & Coomes, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fires undermine efforts to restore degraded forests in the wet tropics and subtropics. Grasslands and shrublands established after fires are more fire...

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