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Dispersal by flight of leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha: Homoptera).

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Waloff, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One-third of the total of British species of Auchenorrhyncha have been identified in aerial traps at Silwood Park, in southern England. The numbers of...

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Predicting the effect of a novel vertebrate biocontrol agent: a model for viral-vectored immunocontraception of New Zealand possums.

Published online: 23 Feb 1995

Authors: Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model is described for predicting the outcome of biological control of New Zealand possums, using viral-vectored immunocontraception based on a sexu...

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Transgenic virus resistance in cultivated squash affects pollinator behaviour.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Prendeville, H. R. & Pilson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two ecological risks associated with the use of transgenic crops are transgene movement into wild populations and effects on non-target organisms, suc...

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Effects of refuge availability on the population dynamics of Triatoma infestans in central Argentina.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Cecere, M. C. & Canale, D. M. & Gürtler, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As part of research on the control and mathematical modelling of transmission of Chagas disease, we tested the joint effects of refuge quantity and qu...

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Prospective modelling in biological control: an analysis of the dynamics of heteronomous hyperparasitism in a cotton-whitefly-parasitoid system.

Published online: 25 Apr 1997

Authors: Mills, N. J. & Gutierrez, A. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Heteronomous hyperparasitism, in which male parasitoids develop at the expense of conspecific females or competing parasitoid species, is characterist...

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Ecological and biological studies on Aedes cantans (Meig.) (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern England.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Service, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Laboratory and field studies were carried out for 6 years on the ecology of Aedes cantans (Mg.) in southern England. Females oviposited in the leaf li...

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Long-range host-finding behaviour of the onion fly Delia antiqua (Diptera: Anthomyiidae): ecological and physiological constraints.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Judd, G. J. R. & Borden, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The long-range, host-finding behaviour of Delia antiqua was investigated in 16 mark-release-recapture experiments in Canada using onion-reared flies f...

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Variable coverage in an autocidal gravid ovitrap intervention impacts efficacy of Aedes aegypti control.

Published online: 01 Nov 2021

Authors: Juarez, J. G. & Chaves, L. F. & Garcia-Luna, S. M. & Martin, E. & Badillo-Vargas, I. & Medeiros, M. C. I. & Hamer, G. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Control of the arboviral disease vector Aedes aegypti has shown variable levels of efficacy around the globe. We evaluated an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap...

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Influence of reproductive ecology on feasibility of mass trapping Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

Published online: 04 Apr 1992

Authors: Quiring, D. T. & Timmins, P. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Laboratory and field experiments were carried out in Ontario, Canada, in 1985-86 on Diabrotica virgifera virgifera. Most males emerged from pupae at t...

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Addressing tagging location bias to assess space use by marine animals.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Hays, G. C. & Rattray, A. & Esteban, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimates of space use derived from animal tracking studies are often biased by where animals are tagged, with areas distant to the tagging site, in b...

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