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Assessing the ecological status of candidate reference lakes in Ireland using palaeolimnology.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Leira, M. & Jordan, P. & Taylor, D. & Dalton, C. & Bennion, H. & Rose, N. & Irvine, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that member states establish type-specific reference conditions for all waterbodies, ...

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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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A novel mark-recapture technique and its application to monitoring the direction and distance of local movements of rangeland grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the context of pest management.

Published online: 11 Oct 1999

Authors: Narisu & Lockwood, J. A. & Schell, S. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rangeland grasshopper movement was studied in Wyoming, USA, in July 1997 with respect to the biological and ecological factors (population density, de...

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Spatial distribution and successional pattern of microbial activity and micro-faunal populations on decomposing barley roots.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Rønn, R. & Griffiths, B. S. & Ekelund, F. & Christensen, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in microbial activity and populations of Protozoa and nematodes were followed in decomposing barley root material buried in soil cores and in ...

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The value of pulverized refuse fines (PRF) as a substitute for topsoil in land reclamation. II. Lysimeter studies.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Chu, L. M. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The pattern of growth and leaching losses from UK wasteland materials (colliery spoil and brick waste) fertilized, topsoiled, or covered with pulveriz...

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Single vs. multiple introduction in biological control: the roles of parasitoid efficiency, antagonism and niche overlap.

Published online: 17 Nov 2004

Authors: Pedersen, B. S. & Mills, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Theoretical studies have presented conflicting conclusions about the value of introducing multiple parasitoid species to control insect pests, dependi...

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The effect of predation by blue-tits (Parus caeruleus) on the sex-ratio of codling moth (Cydia pomonella).

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Glen, D. M. & Milsom, N. F. & Wiltshire, C. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In an apple orchard in south-western England where tits (Parus spp.) ate 95% of the overwintering larvae of Cydia pomonella (L.), only 35% of the surv...

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Agroforestry species of Peru: annotated list and contribution to priorization for genetic resource conservation.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Cerrón-Macha, J. M. & Castillo, J. D. del & Valverde-Quiroz, J. C. & Cornelius, J. P.

Content type: Bulletin

In 2017, ICRAF began a prioritization process aimed at orientating its future genebank activities in Peru. The present report documents the first stag...

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Interactions of Gremmeniella abietina and endophytic fungi in shoots of Scots pine trees treated with simulated acid rain.

Published online: 15 Jun 1995

Authors: Ranta, H. & Neuvonen, S. & Ylimartimo, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Detached shoots of Pinus sylvestris trees with naturally occurring endophytic fungi were inoculated with mycelium of G. abietina. The trees had been s...

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An introduced parasitic fly may lead to local extinction of Darwin's finch populations.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Koop, J. A. H. & Kim, P. S. & Knutie, S. A. & Adler, F. & Clayton, D. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introduced pathogens and other parasites are often implicated in host population-level declines and extinctions. However, such claims are rarely suppo...

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