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Urban heavy metal contamination limits bumblebee colony growth.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Sivakoff, F. S. & Prajzner, S. P. & Gardiner, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Post-industrial shrinking cities contain abundant vacant land and are increasingly recognized for their pollinator conservation potential. At the same...

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Local extinction of British farmland birds and the prediction of further loss.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Gates, S. & Donald, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The populations of many UK farmland birds declined between 1970 and 1990, frequently accompanied by contractions in breeding ranges. Ornithological at...

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Differential effects of landscape and management on diversity and density of ground-dwelling farmland spiders.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Schmidt, M. H. & Roschewitz, I. & Thies, C. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution and abundance of animals are influenced by factors at both local and wider landscape scales. Natural enemies of pests in arable field...

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Comparative size, fecundity and ecophysiology of roadside plants of Banksia hookeriana.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Lamont, B. B. & Rees, R. G. & Witkowski, E. T. F. & Whitten, V. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of road verges in SW Australia for conservation of indigenous species was investigated in B. hookeriana, a shrub which is a major food source ...

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Environmental stress in the pasture scarab Serichesthis nigrolineata Boisd. I. Mortality in larvae caused by high temperature.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Davidson, R. L. & Wiseman, J. R. & Wolfe, V. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In tests in Australia, first and second-instar larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Boisd.) were exposed for short periods to temperatures between 30 a...

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Coastal fisheries adaptations to increasing climate change exposure in Japan.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Elías Ilosvay, X. É. & Kumagai, N. H. & Molinos, J. G. & Ojea, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Climate change-driven ocean warming is altering the geographic ranges of species, leading to a poleward shift of tropical species into temperate regio...

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Elevation and transpiration: some theoretical considerations with special reference to Mediterranean-type climate.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Gale, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Under isothermal conditions the decrease in air pressure with elevation enhanced potential transpiration by increasing the leaf to air water vapour gr...

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A functional diversity approach of crop sequences reveals that weed diversity and abundance show different responses to environmental variability.

Published online: 01 Sep 2020

Authors: Mahaut, L. & Gaba, S. & Fried, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Combining several crop species and associated agricultural practices in a crop sequence has the potential to control weed abundance while promoting we...

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Understanding relational values in cultural landscapes in Romania and Germany.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Riechers, M. & Balázsi, Á. & Engler, J. O. & Shumi, G. & Fischer, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Relational values recently emerged as a concept to comprehensively understand and communicate the many values of nature. Relational values can be defi...

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Development and evaluation of simplified models for simulating canopy photosynthesis and transpiration.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Sinclair, T. R. & Murphy, C. E., Jr. & Knoerr, K. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Comparisons were made of three micrometeorological models which simulated daily rates of photosynthesis and transpiration in a maize crop. A complete ...

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