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Assessment of wild living beaver populations in East Kent.

Published online: 15 Jul 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Campbell-Palmer, R. & Needham, R. & Morris, B. & Brazier, R. & Puttock, A.

Content type: Reports

A survey was conducted to determine the distribution and population size estimates of beavers (Castor fiber) along the Rivers Exe and Taw, UK, in Febr...

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Estimates of population size and longevity of adult narcissus bulb fly Merodon equestris Fab. (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Conn, D. L. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In investigations on Merodon equestris (F.) infesting daffodils in southern England in 1968-71, daily estimates of adult populations were made using a...

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Optimal release strategies for biological control agents: an application of stochastic dynamic programming to population management.

Published online: 12 Apr 2000

Authors: Shea, K. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Establishing biological control agents in the field is a major step in any classical biocontrol programme, yet there are few general guidelines to hel...

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The carry-over effects of pollen shortage decrease the survival of honeybee colonies in farmlands.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Requier, F. & Odoux, J. F. & Henry, M. & Bretagnolle, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many studies have reported honeybee colony losses in human-dominated landscapes. While bee floral food resources have been drastically reduced over pa...

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Interference in populations of three weed species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Pemadasa, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interference between individuals was investigated in monocultures and mixtures of 3 weed species, Bidens chinensis, Eleutheranthera ruderalis and Trid...

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Investigating the impacts of field-realistic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide on bumblebee foraging, homing ability and colony growth.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Stanley, D. A. & Russell, A. L. & Morrison, S. J. & Rogers, C. & Raine, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability to forage and return home is essential to the success of bees as both foragers and pollinators. Pesticide exposure may cause behavioural c...

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Diverse guilds provide complementary dispersal services in a woodland expansion process after land abandonment.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Escribano-Avila, G. & Calviño-Cancela, M. & Pías, B. & Virgós, E. & Valladares, F. & Escudero, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land abandonment due to increasing depopulation of rural areas is an ongoing trend in developed countries worldwide. Abandoned lands represent an oppo...

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Response of secondary production and its components to multiple stressors in nematode field populations.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Doroszuk, A. & Brake, E. te & Crespo-Gonzalez, D. & Kammenga, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Realistic measures of the impact of individual or multiple stressors are important for ecological risk assessment. Although multiple anthropogenic str...

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A model simulating mating behaviour of Spodoptera littoralis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Symmons, P. M. & Rosenberg, L. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model was developed simulating the mating behaviour and population increase of adults of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) in an isolated grou...

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Population dynamics of Trifolium balansae and T. resupinatum in self-regenerating pastures. I. Seed and plant densities and dry matter yield.

Published online: 16 Apr 1997

Authors: Jansen, P. I. & Ison, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field trial near Forbes, central-west New South Wales, Trifolium balansae cv. Paradana and T. resupinatum lines SA 12240 and SA 14433 were sown a...

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