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Neighbour effects in the genus Avena. 2. Comparison of weed species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Trenbath, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of the presence of a crop on weed growth were compared using Avena fatua, A. ludoviciana and A. sativa as weed indicator species and A. sa...

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Responses of hayfield vegetation to spring grazing by greater snow geese.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Bédard, J. & Lapointe, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field studies at Montmagny, Quebec showed that the use of hayfields (dominated by Medicago sativa, Trifolium pratense, Phleum pratense, Agropyron repe...

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Soil biota is decisive for overyielding in intercropping under low phosphorus conditions.

Published online: 21 Sep 2022

Authors: Qiao Xu & Bei ShuiKuan & Wang GuangZhou & Li ChunJie & Li HaiGang & Zhang JunLing & Zhang FuSuo

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cereal/legume intercropping typically increases crop yield; however, the mechanisms through which soil microbes mediate overyielding in intercropping ...

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Climate change, out-migration and agrarian stress: the potential for upscaling small-scale water storage in Nepal.

Published online: 10 Dec 2014

Authors: Sugden, F. & Lata Shrestha & Bharati, L. & Pabitra Gurung & Laxmi Maharjan & Janmaat, J. & Price, J. I. & Sherpa, T. Y. C. & Utsav Bhattarai & Shishir Koirala & Basu Timilsina

Content type: Bulletin

Climate change could have a critical impact on agriculture in Nepal due to changes in the variability of water availability and associated uncertainty...

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Close to the edge: spatial variation in plant diversity, biomass and floral resources in conventional and agri-environment cereal fields.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Sutcliffe, L. M. E. & Schellenberg, J. & Meyer, S. & Leuschner, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-crop (segetal) plants in arable systems are commonly perceived simply as 'weeds', that is, harmful at worst and undesirable at best. The increase ...

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Limiting scaring activities reduces economic costs associated with foraging barnacle geese: results from an individual-based model.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Jager, M. de & Buitendijk, N. H. & Baveco, J. M. & Els, P. van & Nolet, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With increasing numbers of large grazing birds on agricultural grassland, conflict with farmers is rising. One management approach to alleviate confli...

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Primary rainforest amount at the landscape scale mitigates bird biodiversity loss and biotic homogenization.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Kormann, U. G. & Hadley, A. S. & Tscharntke, T. & Betts, M. G. & Robinson, W. D. & Scherber, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical conservation strategies traditionally focus on large tracts of pristine forests but, given rapid primary forest decline, understanding the ro...

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Deployment of organic farming at a landscape scale maintains low pest infestation and high crop productivity levels in vineyards.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Muneret, L. & Thiéry, D. & Joubard, B. & Rusch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming is a promising way to reduce pesticide use but increasing the area under organic farming at the landscape scale could increase pest in...

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A comparison of two pollinators: the introduced honey bee Apis mellifera and an indigenous bee Centris tarsata on cashew Anacardium occidentale in its native range of NE Brazil.

Published online: 04 Jun 1998

Authors: Freitas, B. M. & Paxton, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aspects of the flowering biology of wild cashew A. occidentale, an andromonoecious, self-fertile tree, were investigated in north-east Brazil, where t...

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Assessing the mechanisms and impacts of shrub invasion in forests: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 22 Feb 2024

Authors: Petri, L. & Ibañez, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The encroachment of invasive shrubs in forest understories can have detrimental effects on native plant recruitment. As a result, removal of invasive ...

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