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Effects of agricultural intensification on the breeding success of corn buntings Miliaria calandra.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Brickle, N. W. & Harper, D. G. C. & Aebischer, N. J. & Cockayne, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Corn buntings Miliaria calandra have declined steeply in Britain and north-western Europe since the mid-1970s; changes in farming practice are believe...

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The influence of arthropods and earthworms upon root growth of direct drilled cereals.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Edwards, C. A. & Lofty, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intact profiles of soil from a field in UK that had been direct-drilled for 5 years and from the same soil that had been regularly ploughed were steri...

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Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Winqvist, C. & Bengtsson, J. & Aavik, T. & Berendse, F. & Clement, L. W. & Eggers, S. & Fischer, C. & Flohre, A. & Geiger, F. & Liira, J. & Pärt, T. & Thies, C. & Tscharntke, T. & Weisser, W. W. & Bommarco, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming in Europe has been shown to enhance biodiversity locally, but potential interactions with the surrounding landscape and the potential ...

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Aphid feeding by some polyphagous predators in relation to aphid density in cereal fields.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Sunderland, K. D. & Vickerman, G. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Samples of aphids and predators were taken from 10 spring barley and winter wheat fields in southern UK between May and September in 1972-77. The guts...

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A simulation model of the epidemiology of barley yellow dwarf virus in winter sown cereals and its application to forecasting.

Published online: 15 May 1993

Authors: Kendall, D. A. & Brain, P. & Chinn, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model is described which simulates the spread of barley yellow dwarf luteovirus (BYDV) by aphids in winter cereals in SW England. The model...

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Testing biotic indicator taxa: the sensitivity of insectivorous mammals and their prey to the intensification of lowland agriculture.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Pocock, M. J. O. & Jennings, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes to agricultural policy aim to extensify agriculture and increase biodiversity. However, it is not known how sensitive many taxa are to intensi...

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Enhancing pollinator biodiversity in intensive grasslands.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Potts, S. G. & Woodcock, B. A. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Tscheulin, T. & Pilgrim, E. S. & Brown, V. K. & Tallowin, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased agricultural intensification has led to well-documented declines in the fauna and flora associated with intensive grasslands in the UK. We a...

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Photosynthesis in crop profiles, measured by phytometers.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Leach, G. J. & Watson, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Using sugar-beet seedlings as phytometers, NAR, LAI and light intensity were measured at various levels in field-grown spring barley, winter wheat, sp...

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Rate of increase as a function of rainfall for house mouse Mus domesticus populations in a cereal-growing region in southern Australia.

Published online: 11 Oct 1999

Authors: Brown, P. R. & Singleton, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mouse [Mus musculus] plagues are a significant problem to agricultural areas of Australia, causing millions of dollars of damage. This study was condu...

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The effects on beneficial arthropods of the exclusion of herbicides from cereal crop edges.

Published online: 11 Apr 1992

Authors: Chiverton, P. A. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The arthropod faunas of herbicide-treated (mecoprop, bromoxynil and ioxynil) and untreated headland plots of a spring wheat crop were compared in a re...

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