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The impact of information on returns from farming.

Published online: 06 Jan 2016

Authors: Birthal, P. S. & Shiv Kumar & Negi, D. S. & Devesh Roy

Content type: Bulletin

Using data from a nationally representative survey, conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) of the Government of India, we examine...

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Leaf functional traits predict shade tolerant tree performance in cloud forest restoration plantings.

Published online: 21 Oct 2022

Authors: Toledo-Aceves, T. & Bonilla-Moheno, M. & Sosa, V. J. & López-Barrera, F. & Williams-Linera, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF) landscapes is urgently required. Assisting the regeneration of endangered and shade tolerant tree ...

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Pollinators, pests and yield - multiple trade-offs from insecticide use in a mass-flowering crop.

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Authors: Knapp, J. L. & Bates, A. & Jonsson, O. & Klatt, B. & Krausl, T. & Sahlin, U. & Svensson, G. P. & Rundlöf, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple trade-offs likely occur between pesticide use, pollinators and yield (via crop flowers) in pollinator-dependent, mass-flowering crops (MFCs),...

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Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator effectiveness: do unmanaged insects provide consistent pollination services to mass flowering crops?

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Rader, R. & Howlett, B. G. & Cunningham, S. A. & Westcott, D. A. & Edwards, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent declines in honeybee populations have focused attention on the potential for unmanaged insects to replace them as pollinators of food crops. Th...

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Multiple factors, including arena size, shape the functional responses of ladybird beetles.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Uiterwaal, S. F. & Delong, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Functional response studies are often used to determine the suitability of predators as biocontrol agents. Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae...

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Mass flowering oilseed rape improves early colony growth but not sexual reproduction of bumblebees.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Westphal, C. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination is a vital ecosystem service, which is endangered by the ongoing declines of pollinators. These declines also affect bumblebees (Bombus sp...

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Shared use of a mass-flowering crop drives dietary niche overlap between managed honeybees and bumblebees.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Bernhardsson, O. & Kendall, L. & Olsson, O. & Olsson, P. & Smith, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource competition between wild pollinators and managed honeybees (Apis mellifera) has the potential to detrimentally impact insect biodiversity as ...

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A technique for determining resistance to mass transfer through the boundary layers of plants with complex structure.

Published online: 16 Nov 1969

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & Ludlow, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shoots of Picea sitchensis and Calluna vulgaris were covered with a thin layer of gypsum, which held sufficient water to give good estimates of evapor...

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Natural history films generate more online interest in depicted species than in conservation messages.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Nolan, G. & Kana, A. & Fernández-Bellon, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The greatest crises of our time are environmental. To combat the effects of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation will requi...

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Scour and cable protection decommissioning study.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

The aim of this report is to complete a desk-based study to inform an evidence gap in relation to the feasibility of, and options for, removal of scou...

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