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Retrospective analysis of a classical biological control programme.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Naranjo, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Classical biological control has been a key technology in the management of invasive arthropod pests globally for over 120 years, yet rigorous quantit...

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Cereal invertebrates, extreme events and long-term trends in climate.

Published online: 21 Jan 2021

Published by: UK, Natural England & UK, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

Authors: Duffield, S. & Morecroft, M. & Crick, H. P. Q. & Ewald, J. & Wheatley, C. J. & Aebischer, N. J.

Content type: Reports

The effects of climate change on the natural environment have been the subject of many studies in recent decades. However, there has been little resea...

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Assessing the potential consequences of climate change for England's landscapes: Humberhead Levels.

Published online: 19 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wilson, R. & Holm, C. & Bull, R. & Macgregor, N. A. & Dijk, N. van & Darch, G. & Neale, A.

Content type: Reports

This study, which was undertaken in 2010, considered the vulnerability of the natural environment to climate change in the Humberhead Levels National ...

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Pyric herbivory in a temperate European wood-pasture system.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Amsten, K. & Cromsigt, J. P. G. M. & Kuijper, D. P. J. & Loberg, J. M. & Jung, J. & Strömgren, M. & Niklasson, M. & Churski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The term pyric herbivory was first introduced in 2009, describing how fire shapes herbivory as burned areas attract herbivores and, simultaneously, he...

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Leaf litter from insect-resistant transgenic trees causes changes in aquatic insect community composition.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Axelsson, E. P. & Hjältén, J. & LeRoy, C. J. & Whitham, T. G. & Julkunen-Tiitto, R. & Wennström, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent research has addressed how transgenic residues from arable crops may influence adjacent waterways, aquatic consumers and important ecosystem pr...

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Effects on associated flora of sylvicultural nitrogen fertilization repeated at long intervals.

Published online: 02 Mar 1995

Authors: Kellner, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field- (vascular plants) and ground- (epigeic bryophytes and lichens) layer vegetation was investigated in four old fertilization experiments in conif...

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Local and landscape-level floral resources explain effects of wildflower strips on wild bees across four European countries.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Scheper, J. & Bommarco, R. & Holzschuh, A. & Potts, S. G. & Riedinger, V. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H. G. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Wickens, J. B. & Wickens, V. J. & Kleijn, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growing evidence for declines in wild bees calls for the development and implementation of effective mitigation measures. Enhancing floral resources i...

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Restoration promotes recovery of woodland birds in agricultural environments: a comparison of 'revegetation' and 'remnant' landscapes.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: Bennett, A. F. & Holland, G. J. & Haslem, A. & Stewart, A. & Radford, J. Q. & Clarke, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration in rural environments is a global challenge for the 21st century. Restoration measures - such as agri-environment activities, w...

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The effects on beneficial arthropods of the exclusion of herbicides from cereal crop edges.

Published online: 11 Apr 1992

Authors: Chiverton, P. A. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The arthropod faunas of herbicide-treated (mecoprop, bromoxynil and ioxynil) and untreated headland plots of a spring wheat crop were compared in a re...

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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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