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Increasing syrphid fly diversity and density in sown flower strips within simple vs. complex landscapes.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Haenke, S. & Scheid, B. & Schaefer, M. & Tscharntke, T. & Thies, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The structural complexity of agricultural landscapes influences the local biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Hence, developing effective ...

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Equivalent mating system parameters in post-mining and undisturbed native plant populations confirms restitution of bird-pollinator function.

Published online: 07 Oct 2024

Authors: Krauss, S. & Anthony, J. & Lapenzee, S. & Ritchie, A. & Elliott, C. & Dobrowolski, M. P. & Standish, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The restoration of diverse self-sustaining ecosystems requires re-establishment of functional interactions among species. For plant communities, polli...

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Semi-natural habitats mitigate the effects of temperature rise on wild bees.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Papanikolaou, A. D. & Kühn, I. & Frenzel, M. & Schweiger, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of climate change on wild bee communities is of major concern since the decline of bee species could imperil the provision of pollination s...

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Landscape diversity moderates the effects of bee visitation frequency to flowers on crop production.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Petersen, J. D. & Nault, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reductions in natural habitat are implicated in declining honeybee Apis mellifera L. and wild bee populations, thereby threatening crop production. Th...

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Non-material contributions of nature expressed by former tourists of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Published online: 19 Mar 2024

Authors: Pearson, J. & Gross, M. & Hofmann, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nature-based tourism provides an outlet for people to experience non-material nature's contributions to people (NCP) and can even promote care for nat...

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Vertical structure and basal area development in second-growth Nothofagus stands in Chile.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Lusk, C. H. & Ortega, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Some studies have shown that mixed forest stands can develop more biomass or basal area than pure stands when the component species occupy different s...

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Understanding the biodiversity consequences of habitat change: the value of secondary and plantation forests for neotropical dung beetles.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Gardner, T. A. & Hernández, M. I. M. & Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Secondary and plantation forests are becoming increasingly widespread in the tropics. A recent meta-analysis on the impacts of land-use change on trop...

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Optimizing breeding strategies and crop management for enhancing legume ecosystem services in organic farming.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Suso, M. J. & Mateos, C.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Legumes may facilitate the diversification on the agroecosystem both directly, e.g. via growing legumes in association with cereals, and indirectly by...

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Landscape patterns drive provision of nature's contributions to people by mobile species.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: O'Brien, S. A. & Anderson, D. P. & Lavorel, S. & Lai, H. R. & Burgh, N. de & Tylianakis, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predicting how nature's contributions to people (NCP) vary spatially remains a challenge. For NCP provided by mobile species, it is unclear how predic...

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Crop heterogeneity is positively associated with beneficial insect diversity in subtropical farmlands.

Published online: 15 Dec 2021

Authors: Priyadarshana, T. S. & Lee MyungBok & Ascher, J. S. & Qiu Lu & Goodale, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing crop configurational heterogeneity-smaller crop fields with more field margins-has been repeatedly found to support farmland biodiversity. ...

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