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The effects of refuge size and number on acarine predator-prey dynamics in a pesticide-disturbed apple orchard.

Published online: 19 Aug 1998

Authors: Lester, P. J. & Thistlewood, H. M. A. & Harmsen, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In apple orchards, the use of pesticides such as pyrethroids for the control of lepidopteran and dipteran pests can severely disturb natural equilibri...

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Fish responses to manipulated microhabitat complexity in urbanised shorelines.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Taira, D. & Mark, R. Y. Y. & Hsiung, A. R. & Jaafar, Z. & Todd, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The diversity-habitat complexity relationship has been utilised widely in conservation and biodiversity enhancement interventions, but few studies hav...

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The role of aphids in wood formation. I. The effect of the sycamore aphid, Drepanosiphum platanoides (Schr.) (Aphididae), on the growth of sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus (L.).

Published online: 30 Jun 1971

Authors: Dixon, A. F. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary of this account of observations in Scotland [cf. RAE A 54 678; 59 1153, 2160]. A sycamore tree kept un...

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Reduced count size can provide a robust and more efficient diatom assessment of environmental conditions.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Riato, L. & Stoddard, J. L. & Herlihy, A. T. & Blocksom, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bioassessment indices routinely used in freshwater assessments are calculated using enumeration methods that are often time-intensive. For diatom asse...

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The effect of car traffic on breeding bird populations in woodland. IV. Influence of population size on the reduction of density close to a highway.

Published online: 02 Nov 1995

Authors: Reijnen, R. & Foppen, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are reported from studies at 3 sites crossed by highway A2 between Utrecht and Eindhoven, Netherlands - one near woodland dominated by Populus, a...

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Effects of supplementary feeding on territoriality, breeding success and survival of pheasants.

Published online: 10 Jun 1999

Authors: Hoodless, A. N. & Draycott, R. A. H. & Ludiman, M. N. & Robertson, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of supplementary food in spring on subsequent pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) breeding in an intensively farmed area in southern England we...

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Seasonal light interception and canopy development in hedgerow and bed system apple orchards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Palmer, J. W. & Jackson, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of light interception, in both time and space, were measured during 1973 and 1974 in apple orchards. Several planting systems were investigat...

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The decline of heathland seed populations following the conversion to agriculture.

Published online: 17 Sep 1997

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Putwain, P. D. & Webb, N. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The composition and size of the germinable seed populations of undisturbed heathland soils in SE Dorset were compared to those of adjacent farmland wh...

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Dynamics of seed populations of Rumex crispus and Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae) in disturbed and undisturbed soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Weaver, S. E. & Cavers, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed longevity and germination in various situations were examined in Rumex crispus and R. obtusifolius. The % germination of both spp. was significan...

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When road-kill hotspots do not indicate the best sites for road-kill mitigation.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Teixeira, F. Z. & Kindel, A. & Hartz, S. M. & Mitchell, S. & Fahrig, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effectiveness of measures installed to mitigate wildlife road-kill depends on their placement along the road. Road-kill hotspots are frequently us...

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