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Living where the food is: web location by linyphiid spiders in relation to prey availability in winter wheat.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Harwood, J. D. & Sunderland, K. D. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spiders form a major component of the generalist predator fauna, potentially able to restrict pest population growth, but their populations may be foo...

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Effects of pheasant management on vegetation and birds in lowland woodlands.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Draycott, R. A. H. & Hoodless, A. N. & Sage, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Releasing pheasants in woodlands for game shooting is a widespread practice in the British countryside. Apart from changes to ground flora in woodland...

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Vascular plant and Orthoptera diversity in relation to grassland management and landscape composition in the European Alps.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Marini, L. & Fontana, P. & Scotton, M. & Klimek, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several recent studies have considered the relative effects of local vs. landscape factors on diversity of several animal taxa in grasslands. However,...

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Field boundary vegetation and the effects of agrochemical drift: botanical change caused by low levels of herbicide and fertilizer.

Published online: 17 Apr 1998

Authors: Kleijn, D. & Snoeijing, G. I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field studies were conducted in the Netherlands during 1993-96 to assess the effects of herbicide drift and fertilizer misplacement on the botanical d...

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Comparing the efficacy of agri-environment schemes to enhance bumble bee abundance and diversity on arable field margins.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Carvell, C. & Meek, W. R. & Pywell, R. F. & Goulson, D. & Nowakowski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Declines in abundance and diversity of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in Europe have been linked to agricultural intensification and the resulting loss of ...

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Use of farmland in spring by migrating Canada geese in the St Lawrence valley, Quebec.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Reed, A. & Chapdelaine, G. & Dupuis, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During their spring stop-offs in Lake St. Peter, which averaged 32 days (1974-5), migrating Canada geese (Branta canadensis) flew twice daily to feed ...

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Responses of carnivore assemblages to decentralized conservation approaches in a South African landscape.

Published online: 06 Mar 2021

Authors: Curveira-Santos, G. & Sutherland, C. & Santos-Reis, M. & Swanepoel, L. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation efforts in South Africa play out across multi-use landscapes where formal protected areas coexist with private wildlife business (ecotour...

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Mammal species richness and habitat use in rainforest and abandoned agricultural fields in Chiapas, Mexico.

Published online: 01 May 1998

Authors: Medellín, R. A. & Equihua, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential of small, isolated maize fields embedded in a large forest matrix (average canopy height 30 m, dominant trees Dialium guianense, Licania...

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Best management practices and nutrient reduction: an integrated economic-hydrological model of the western Lake Erie basin.

Published online: 17 Jul 2020

Authors: Liu HongXing & Zhang WenDong & Irwin, E. & Kast, J. & Aloysius, N. & Martin, J. & Kalcic, M.

Content type: Bulletin

We develop the first spatially integrated economic-hydrological model of the western Lake Erie basin explicitly linking economic models of farmers' fi...

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Bumble-BEEHAVE: a systems model for exploring multifactorial causes of bumblebee decline at individual, colony, population and community level.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Becher, M. A. & Twiston-Davies, G. & Penny, T. D. & Goulson, D. & Rotheray, E. L. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

World-wide declines in pollinators, including bumblebees, are attributed to a multitude of stressors such as habitat loss, resource availability, emer...

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