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Agricultural practices for food safety threaten pest control services for fresh produce.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Karp, D. S. & Moses, R. & Gennet, S. & Jones, M. S. & Joseph, S. & M'Gonigle, L. K. & Ponisio, L. C. & Snyder, W. E. & Kremen, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the past decade, several foodborne disease outbreaks provoked widespread reforms to the fresh produce industry. Subsequent concerns about wildlif...

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The influence of crop tiller density on the breeding performance of a cereal-nesting specialist.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Setchfield, R. P. & Peach, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the pursuit of maximizing agricultural yields and profits, crop management under intensive agriculture has reduced the heterogeneity of crop sward ...

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Extreme prescribed fire during drought reduces survival and density of woody resprouters.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Twidwell, D. & Rogers, W. E. & Wonkka, C. L. & Taylor, C. A., Jr. & Kreuter, U. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management intervention in ecosystems with degraded environmental services requires innovative resource management strategies that go beyond conventio...

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An examination of the potential efficacy of high-intensity fires for reversing woody encroachment in savannas.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Smit, I. P. J. & Asner, G. P. & Govender, N. & Vaughn, N. R. & Wilgen, B. W. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Frequent fires are often proposed as a way of preventing woody encroachment in savannas, yet few studies have examined whether high-intensity fires ca...

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Plant, soil and microbial controls on grassland diversity restoration: a long-term, multi-site mesocosm experiment.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Fry, E. L. & Pilgrim, E. S. & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. S. & Mortimer, S. R. & Beaumont, D. A. & Simkin, J. & Harris, S. J. & Shiel, R. S. & Quirk, H. & Harrison, K. A. & Lawson, C. S. & Hobbs, P. J. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The success of grassland biodiversity restoration schemes is determined by many factors; as such their outcomes can be unpredictable. There is a need ...

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Livestock grazing alters multiple ecosystem properties and services in salt marshes: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Davidson, K. E. & Fowler, M. S. & Skov, M. W. & Doerr, S. H. & Beaumont, N. & Griffin, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The far-reaching impacts of livestock grazing in terrestrial grasslands are widely appreciated, but how livestock affect the structure and functions o...

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Seasonal variation in the biocontrol efficiency of bacterial wilt is driven by temperature-mediated changes in bacterial competitive interactions.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Wei Zhong & Huang JianFeng & Yang TianJie & Jousset, A. & Xu YangChun & Shen QiRong & Friman, V. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Microbe-based biocontrol applications hold the potential to become an efficient way to control plant pathogen disease outbreaks in the future. However...

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Selective plant foraging and the top-down suppression of native diversity in a restored prairie.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Schneider, S. & Steeves, R. & Newmaster, S. & MacDougall, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Clarifying what species are being consumed at what times can improve our understanding of how anthropogenic change affects food web dynamics, with imp...

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Ecosystem-scale impacts of non-timber forest product harvesting: effects on soil nutrients.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Ruwanza, S. & Shackleton, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The harvesting of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is a global phenomenon, the sustainability of which has been studied for many species at the indi...

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Soil conditioning affects interactions between native and invasive exotic perennials of semi-natural grasslands.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Vink, S. N. & Jordan, N. R. & Aldrich-Wolfe, L. & Huerd, S. C. & Sheaffer, C. C. & Kinkel, L. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural perennial grasslands are of increasing importance as components of multifunctional agroecosystems, combining biomass production with prov...

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