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Identifying critical life stage transitions for biological control of long-lived perennial Vincetoxicum species.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Milbrath, L. R. & Davis, A. S. & Biazzo, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Demographic matrix modelling of invasive plant populations can be a powerful tool to identify life stage transitions for targeted disruption, in order...

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Maize-dominated landscapes reduce bumblebee colony growth through pollen diversity loss.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Hass, A. L. & Brachmann, L. & Batáry, P. & Clough, Y. & Behling, H. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bumblebees are important pollinators for a wide range of crops and wild plants. Performance of their colonies depends on pollen and nectar as food res...

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Weed communities are more diverse, but not more abundant, in dense and complex bocage landscapes.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Authors: Boinot, S. & Mony, C. & Fried, G. & Ernoult, A. & Aviron, S. & Ricono, C. & Couthouis, E. & Alignier, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bocage landscapes are characterized by a network of hedgerows that delimits arable fields. Such landscapes provide many ecosystem services, including ...

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Dispersal propensity and settling preferences of European corn borers in maize field borders.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Bailey, R. I. & Bourguet, D. & Pallec, A. H. le & Ponsard, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops kill pest larvae but have led to resistance evolution in several target pests. The high dose-refuge (HDR) strategy a...

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Confronting contingency in restoration: management and site history determine outcomes of assembling prairies, but site characteristics and landscape context have little effect.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Grman, E. & Bassett, T. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The outcomes of ecological restoration are notoriously unpredictable, but we have no general predictive understanding of this contingency. Management ...

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Increasing the germination envelope under water stress improves seedling emergence in two dominant grass species across different pulse rainfall events.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Lewandrowski, W. & Erickson, T. E. & Dixon, K. W. & Stevens, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Demographic recruitment processes, such as seed germination and seedling emergence, are critical transitional phases to the re-establishment of degrad...

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Bush-control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. 5. Effects of controlled burning and grazing management on Tarchonanthus /Acacia thicket.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Pratt, D. J. & Knight, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Treatments were appropriate to traditional cattle husbandry and consisted of two 4-year rotations involving burning, grazing by goats and preliminary ...

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Conservation in post-industrial cities: how does vacant land management and landscape configuration influence urban bees?

Published online: 16 Mar 2021

Authors: Turo, K. J. & Spring, M. R. & Sivakoff, F. S. & Flor, Y. A. D. de la & Gardiner, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rich pollinator assemblages are documented in some cities despite habitat fragmentation and degradation, suggesting that urban areas have potential as...

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A minor pest reduces yield losses by a major pest: plant-mediated herbivore interactions in Indonesian cacao.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Wielgoss, A. & Clough, Y. & Fiala, B. & Rumede, A. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Herbivores inducing host-plant trait changes can indirectly affect the performance, distribution, abundance and behaviour of other herbivores, even wh...

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Long-term effects of seeding after wildfire on vegetation in Great Basin shrubland ecosystems.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Knutson, K. C. & Pyke, D. A. & Wirth, T. A. & Arkle, R. S. & Pilliod, D. S. & Brooks, M. L. & Chambers, J. C. & Grace, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive annual grasses alter fire regimes in shrubland ecosystems of the western USA, threatening ecosystem function and fragmenting habitats necessa...

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