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Earthworms promote crop growth by enhancing the connections among soil microbial communities.

Published online: 01 Nov 2024

Authors: Shi JinHua & Hu XinJun & Zeng ZiXuan & Sun Ze & Wang Chao & Abdelnabby, H. & Jin HuanAn & Wang ManQun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Earthworms benefit plant growth and play a vital role in shaping soil microbial communities. However, how earthworms modify the soil microorganisms an...

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The effects of organic agriculture on biodiversity and abundance: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Bengtsson, J. & Ahnström, J. & Weibull, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The efficiency of agricultural subsidy programmes for preserving biodiversity and improving the environment has been questioned in recent years. Organ...

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Disc mower versus bar mower: evaluation of the direct effects of two common mowing techniques on the grassland arthropod fauna.

Published online: 14 May 2025

Authors: Berg, L. von & Frank, J. & Betz, O. & Steidle, J. L. M. & Böttinger, S. & Sann, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Central Europe, species-rich grasslands are threatened by intensive agriculture with frequent mowing, contributing to the reduction of arthropods s...

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Forest fragments modulate the provision of multiple ecosystem services.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Mitchell, M. G. E. & Bennett, E. M. & Gonzalez, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural landscapes provide the essential ecosystem service of food to growing human populations; at the same time, agricultural expansion to incr...

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Growth, abundance and distribution of larval tabanids in experimentally fertilized plots on a Massachusetts salt marsh.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Meany, R. A. & Valiela, I. & Teal, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Larvae of Tabanus nigrovittatus Macq. and Chrysops fuliginosus Wied., 2 of the 4 species of tabanid that breed in the Great Sippewissett Marsh in Mass...

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Effects of roadside conditions on plants and insects. I. Atmospheric conditions.

Published online: 01 Nov 1988

Authors: Spencer, H. J. & Scott, N. E. & Port, G. R. & Davison, A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effects of the roadside atmosphere were investigated by placing pots of Lolium perenne 0.5, 1.5, 3.5 or 9 m from the roadside. At each distance, pots ...

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Effects of forest fertilization on the radial growth and resin exudation of insect-defoliated Scots pines.

Published online: 28 Jan 2000

Authors: Kytö, M. & Niemelä, P. & Annila, E. & Varama, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In studies in a 60- to 90-year-old stand on dry sandy soil in western Finland, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees that had been defoliated by the pin...

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Local and landscape scale woodland cover and diversification of agroecological practices shape butterfly communities in tropical smallholder landscapes.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Vogel, C. & Mayer, V. & Mkandawire, M. & Küstner, G. & Kerr, R. B. & Krauss, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionswThis link goes to a English section The conversion of biodiversity-rich woodland to farmland and subsequent man...

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Successional response of a tropical forest termite assemblage to experimental habitat perturbation.

Published online: 14 Mar 2000

Authors: Davies, R. G. & Eggleton, P. & Dibog, L. & Lawton, J. H. & Bignell, D. E. & Brauman, A. & Hartmann, C. & Nunes, L. & Holt, J. & Rouland, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The successional response of a termite assemblage to the experimental perturbation of forest habitat was studied in southern Cameroon, to determine th...

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The effects of irrigation, cultivation and some insecticides on the soil arthropods of an East African dry grassland.

Published online: 15 Jul 1968

Authors: Burnett, G. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Investigations were made of arthropods in a silty, poorly drained, gray soil under dry grassland, irrigated sugar cane, and under natural grassland re...

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