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Crop damage increases with pest species diversity: evidence from potato tuber moths in the tropical Andes.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Dangles, O. & Mesías, V. & Crespo-Perez, V. & Silvain, J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insect pests in agricultural systems are one of the major causes of damage to crop production and storage worldwide. However, the study of the effect ...

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Crop rotation and agri-environment schemes determine bumblebee communities via flower resources.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Marja, R. & Viik, E. & Mänd, M. & Phillips, J. & Klein, A. M. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In many parts of the world, farmland pollinators decreased significantly during the last half of the 20th century mainly due to land-use changes and a...

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Riparian vegetation has disproportionate benefits for landscape-scale conservation of woodland birds in highly modified environments.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Bennett, A. F. & Nimmo, D. G. & Radford, J. Q.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Identifying landscape patterns that allow native fauna to coexist with human land use is a global challenge. Riparian vegetation often persists in ant...

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Effects of Phalaris arundinacea and nitrate-N addition on the establishment of wetland plant communities.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Green, E. K. & Galatowitsch, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nutrient enrichment may adversely impact plant species richness in wetlands and enhance their susceptibility to colonization and dominance by invasive...

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Drought risk reduction in agriculture: a review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic Plain of South Asia.

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Cenacchi, N.

Content type: Bulletin

This report is a component of the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) - funded project "Impacts of Climate Extr...

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Effects of nutrient enrichment on the Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) in contrasting grassland communities.

Published online: 07 Dec 1988

Authors: Sedlacek, J. D. & Barrett, G. W. & Shaw, D. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Auchenorrhyncha were sampled from control, fertilizer- and sewage sludge-treated plots within an agricultural field (annual wheat field) and a field w...

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Effects of three different alternate wetting and drying regimes in rice cultivation on yield, water use, and water use efficiency in a clay soil during a wet year.

Published online: 09 Oct 2019

Authors: Gaspar, J. P. & Henry, C. G. & Duren, M. W. & Horton, A. P. & James, H.

Content type: Bulletin article

Water available for irrigation is declining in many rice-growing regions around the world. Global populations continue to rise, increasing crop produc...

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Citizen science involving farmers as a means to document temporal trends in farmland biodiversity and relate them to agricultural practices.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Billaud, O. & Vermeersch, R. L. & Porcher, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification is often recognized as a major driver of the decline of wild biodiversity in farmland. However, few studies have managed ...

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Spatiotemporal stability of two beetle populations in non-farmed habitats in an agricultural landscape.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Blackshaw, R. P. & Vernon, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the spatiotemporal ecology of invertebrates in agricultural ecosystems is important for developing management strategies to enhance biod...

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Does pond quality limit frogs Rana arvalis and Rana temporaria in agricultural landscapes? A field experiment.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Loman, J. & Lardner, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When assessing the cause of population absence or decline, it is important to understand the relative effect of local, regional and global factors. In...

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