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How effective are agri-environment schemes for protecting and improving herpetofaunal diversity in Australian endangered woodland ecosystems?

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Michael, D. R. & Wood, J. T. & Crane, M. & Montague-Drake, R. & Lindenmayer, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification is a major cause of reptile and amphibian decline world-wide, prompting concern on how to best protect biodiversity in co...

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Analysis of the biological control of Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Apanteles ruficrus (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) in New Zealand.

Published online: 08 Jun 1988

Authors: Hill, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimated levels of larval parasitism of Mythimna separata, a pest of pasture and cereal crops in New Zealand, before and after the introduction of th...

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The effects of irrigation, cultivation and some insecticides on the soil arthropods of an East African dry grassland.

Published online: 02 Jul 1969

Authors: Burnett, G. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based on the authors summary of this account of investigations on the changes in the soil arthropod fauna of an area of dry grassland...

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Recent rise to dominance of Molinia caerulea in environmentally sensitive areas: new perspectives from palaeoecological data.

Published online: 19 Nov 1999

Authors: Chambers, F. M. & Mauquoy, D. & Todd, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A characteristic of some heath and moorland areas in maritime north-west Europe is the widespread dominance of Molinia caerulea (purple moor grass). T...

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Assessing habitat quality for conservation using an integrated occurrence-mortality model.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Falcucci, A. & Ciucci, P. & Maiorano, L. & Gentile, L. & Boitani, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat suitability models are usually produced using species presence or habitat selection, without taking into account the demographic performance o...

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Habitat-specific effectiveness of feral cat control for the conservation of an endemic ground-nesting bird species.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Oppel, S. & Burns, F. & Vickery, J. & George, K. & Ellick, G. & Leo, D. & Hillman, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive non-native species are one of the greatest drivers of the loss of biodiversity world-wide. Consequently, removing or controlling invasive pre...

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Organic farming promotes biotic resistance to foodborne human pathogens.

Published online: 24 Aug 2020

Authors: Jones, M. S. & Fu Zhen & Reganold, J. P. & Karp, D. S. & Besser, T. E. & Tylianakis, J. M. & Snyder, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland biodiversity benefits pollination, biological control and other key ecosystem services. Food safety has been seen as an exception to this bro...

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Using salt marshes for coastal protection: effective but hard to get where needed most.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Marin-Diaz, B. & Wal, D. van der & Kaptein, L. & Martinez-Garcia, P. & Lashley, C. H. & Jong, K. de & Nieuwenhuis, J. W. & Govers, L. L. & Olff, H. & Bouma, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Salt marshes fronting coastal structures, such as seawalls and dikes, may offer important ecosystem-based coastal defence by reducing the wave loading...

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Comparative foraging and nutrition of horses and cattle in European wetlands.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Menard, C. & Duncan, P. & Fleurance, G. & Georges, J. Y. & Lila, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Equids are generalist herbivores that co-exist with bovids of similar body size in many ecosystems. There are two major hypotheses to explain their co...

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Factors affecting the natural regeneration of Quercus in Scottish oakwoods. I. Competition from Pteridium aquilinum.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Humphrey, J. W. & Swaine, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Scottish upland, semi-natural oakwoods, natural regeneration of oak (Quercus petraea and Q. robur) is frequently lacking. This threatens the long-t...

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