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Temperate alley-cropping agroforestry improves pest control potential by promoting spider abundance and functional diversity.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Matevski, D. & Sagolla, V. & Beule, L. & Schuldt, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive agricultural land use negatively impacts biodiversity, including arthropod predator diversity and their pest control potential. Alley-croppi...

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Decomposition of tall fescue (Festuca elatior var. arundinacea) and cellulose litter on surface mines and a tallgrass prairie in central Missouri, U.S.A.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Wieder, R. K. & Carrel, J. E. & Rapp, J. K. & Kucerna, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In studies on decomposition of 14C-labelled and unlabelled tall fescue, and of pure cellulose litter on non-vegetated and vegetated coal surface-mine ...

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Pest control potential of adjacent agri-environment schemes varies with crop type and is shaped by landscape context and within-field position.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Boetzl, F. A. & Schuele, M. & Krauss, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing natural pest control in agricultural fields is an important aim of ecological intensification. Combined effects of landscape context and lo...

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Shark movement strategies influence poaching risk and can guide enforcement decisions in a large, remote marine protected area.

Published online: 24 Nov 2020

Authors: Jacoby, D. M. P. & Ferretti, F. & Freeman, R. & Carlisle, A. B. & Chapple, T. K. & Curnick, D. J. & Dale, J. J. & Schallert, R. J. & Tickler, D. & Block, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large, remote marine protected areas (MPAs) containing both reef and pelagic habitats, have been shown to offer considerable refuge to populations of ...

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Production and dynamics of salt marsh vegetation and the effects of experimental treatment with sewage sludge. Biomass, production and species composition.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Valiela, I. & Teal, J. M. & Sass, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fertilization with a sewage sludge fertilizer containing 10-6-4 NPK increased the total peak standing crops of salt marsh vegetation, despite the pres...

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Benefits of increased cover crop diversity for predators and biological pest control depend on the landscape context.

Published online: 30 Sep 2021

Authors: Beaumelle, L. & Auriol, A. & Grasset, M. & Pavy, A. & Thiéry, D. & Rusch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Increasing plant diversity in agricultural systems is a promising way to balance food production and biodiversity conservation. Biological pest con...

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The consequences of coastal offsets for fisheries.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Ma DeQiang & Rhodes, J. R. & Maron, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity offsetting is increasingly used to mitigate biodiversity impacts from development, but the practice of offsetting rarely considers how to...

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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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Non-target effects of broadleaf herbicide on a native perennial forb: a demographic framework for assessing and minimizing impacts.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Crone, E. E. & Marler, M. & Pearson, D. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species are one of the leading threats to biodiversity worldwide. Therefore, chemical herbicides are increasingly used to control invasive pl...

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Modelling the incidence of virus yellows in sugar beet in the UK in relation to numbers of migrating Myzus persicae.

Published online: 16 Apr 1999

Authors: Werker, A. R. & Dewar, A. M. & Harrington, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The incidence of virus yellows diseases (caused by beet yellowing virus [beet yellows closterovirus] and/or beet mild yellowing luteovirus) in sugar b...

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