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Living where the food is: web location by linyphiid spiders in relation to prey availability in winter wheat.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Harwood, J. D. & Sunderland, K. D. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spiders form a major component of the generalist predator fauna, potentially able to restrict pest population growth, but their populations may be foo...

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Temperature effects on pitfall catches of epigeal arthropods: a model and method for bias correction.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Saska, P. & Werf, W. van der & Hemerik, L. & Luff, M. L. & Hatten, T. D. & Honek, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carabids and other epigeal arthropods make important contributions to biodiversity, food webs and biocontrol of invertebrate pests and weeds. Pitfall ...

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Use of farmland in spring by migrating Canada geese in the St Lawrence valley, Quebec.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Reed, A. & Chapdelaine, G. & Dupuis, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During their spring stop-offs in Lake St. Peter, which averaged 32 days (1974-5), migrating Canada geese (Branta canadensis) flew twice daily to feed ...

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Pathogen dynamics under both bottom-up host resistance and top-down hyperparasite attack.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Parratt, S. R. & Laine, A. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative importance of bottom-up versus top-down control of population dynamics has been the focus of much debate. In infectious disease biology, ...

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River infrastructure and the spread of freshwater invasive species: inferences from an experimentally-parameterised individual-based model.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Daniels, J. A. & Kerr, J. R. & Kemp, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species and river infrastructure are major threats to freshwater biodiversity. These stressors are commonly considered in isolation, yet the ...

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Egg-laying by some Dipterous pests of cultivated Cruciferae in north-east Scotland.

Published online: 29 Jun 1972

Authors: Shaw, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. Dipterous eggs laid in the soil round the bases of plants in market-garden crops of cabbage and cauli...

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Hedges. VI. Habitat diversity and crop pests: a study of Brevicoryne brassicae and its Syrphid predators.

Published online: 29 Jun 1972

Authors: Pollard, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's summary. A study was made in eastern England in 1969-70 on aphidophagous Syrphids and Syrphid predation...

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Distribution and abundance of the cocoa shield bug, Bathycoelia thalassina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Ghana.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Owusu-Manu, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bathycoelia thalassina (H.-S.) occurs in all cacao-growing regions of Ghana, and in large numbers where Amazon varieties and hybrid selections are cul...

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Controlling a plant invader by targeted disruption of its life cycle.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Dauer, J. T. & McEvoy, P. B. & Sickle, J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest management strategies should be informed by research on a broad suite of biotic and abiotic interactions. We used a life table response experimen...

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Recreational vessel networks reveal potential hot spots for marine pest introduction and spread.

Published online: 05 Oct 2024

Authors: Hilliam, K. & Treml, E. A. & Stevenson, S. & Floerl, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recreational vessels are an important pathway for spreading marine non-indigenous species (NIS) around coastal environments globally. However, most ve...

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