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This project was undertaken to investigate some of the processes to protect SSSIs and provide information to underpin the development a 'family' of bu...

Modern intensive agriculture relies heavily on pesticides to control weeds, pathogens and insect pests. Forecasting and managing the impact of pests a...

Quantifying and predicting the distribution of naturalized plant species is a major concern for weed risk assessment and understanding the potential i...

With biological invasions causing widespread problems in ecosystems, methods to curb the colonization success of invasive species are needed. The effe...

A coordinated continental-scale field experiment across 31 sites was used to compare the biomass yield of monocultures and four species mixtures assoc...

Predicting the current and potential distributions of established invasive species is critical for evaluating management options, but methods for diff...

Bumblebees are important pollinators for a wide range of crops and wild plants. Performance of their colonies depends on pollen and nectar as food res...

Over the past decade, several foodborne disease outbreaks provoked widespread reforms to the fresh produce industry. Subsequent concerns about wildlif...

In the pursuit of maximizing agricultural yields and profits, crop management under intensive agriculture has reduced the heterogeneity of crop sward ...

Vast grassland areas disappear due to abandonment, conversion to arable fields or urban areas. Consequently, grassland species have declined dramatica...