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Supplementing small farms with native mason bees increases strawberry size and growth rate.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Horth, L. & Campbell, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination services, especially those of bees, play a vital role in agriculture. Declining honeybee populations require us to find alternative soluti...

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Alteration of plant species assemblages can decrease the transmission potential of malaria mosquitoes.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Ebrahimi, B. & Jackson, B. T. & Guseman, J. L. & Przybylowicz, C. M. & Stone, C. M. & Foster, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Knowledge of the link between a vector population's pathogen-transmission potential and its biotic environment can generate more realistic forecasts o...

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An overview of the environmental risks posed by neonicotinoid insecticides.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Goulson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Neonicotinoids are now the most widely used insecticides in the world. They act systemically, travelling through plant tissues and protecting all part...

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Rapid local adaptation to northern winters in the invasive Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: a moving target.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Medley, K. A. & Westby, K. M. & Jenkins, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Rapid adaptation in response to novel environments can facilitate species invasions and range expansions. Understanding how invasive disease vector...

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Semi-natural habitat, but not aphid amount or continuity, predicts lady beetle abundance across agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 01 Nov 2024

Authors: Iuliano, B. & Gratton, C. & Kim, T. N. & Spiesman, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The amount of semi-natural habitat surrounding farm fields is a common but inconsistent predictor of natural enemy populations and predation services....

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Biodiversity along temperate forest succession.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Hilmers, T. & Friess, N. & Bässler, C. & Heurich, M. & Brandl, R. & Pretzsch, H. & Seidl, R. & Müller, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The successional dynamics of forests-from canopy openings to regeneration, maturation, and decay-influence the amount and heterogeneity of resources a...

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National-scale regulation of the weed seedbank by carabid predators.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Bohan, D. A. & Boursault, A. & Brooks, D. R. & Petit, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assuring future food productivity and security will require that better use is made of pest regulation provided by naturally occurring ecological serv...

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Anthropogenic disturbance facilitates a non-native species on offshore oil platforms.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Viola, S. M. & Page, H. M. & Zaleski, S. F. & Miller, R. J. & Doheny, B. & Dugan, J. E. & Schroeder, D. M. & Schroeter, S. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenic practices that facilitate species introductions must be identified and modified to improve management and control the spread of non-nati...

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Impact of locust control on harvester termites and endemic vertebrate predators in Madagascar.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Peveling, R. & McWilliam, A. N. & Nagel, P. & Rasolomanana, H. & Raholijaona & Rakotomianina, L. & Ravoninjatovo, A. & Dewhurst, C. F. & Gibson, G. & Rafanomezana, S. & Tingle, C. C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Between 1997 and 2000 a plague of migratory locust in Madagascar triggered large-scale control operations. The widespread use of insecticides in a bio...

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Agricultural intensification drives landscape-context effects on host-parasitoid interactions in agroecosystems.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Jonsson, M. & Buckley, H. L. & Case, B. S. & Wratten, S. D. & Hale, R. J. & Didham, R. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural land use threatens ecosystem services such as biological control by natural enemies because of simplification of habitat structure and in...

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