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Experimental evidence that the effectiveness of conservation biological control depends on landscape complexity.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Jonsson, M. & Straub, C. S. & Didham, R. K. & Buckley, H. L. & Case, B. S. & Hale, R. J. & Gratton, C. & Wratten, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of intensive agricultural practices is a major threat to biodiversity and to the delivery of ecosystem services on which humans depend. ...

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Biological pest control and yields depend on spatial and temporal crop cover dynamics.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Schneider, G. & Krauss, J. & Riedinger, V. & Holzschuh, A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agricultural landscapes are dynamic systems with interannually changing proportions of different crop types. However, the effects of spatiotemp...

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Spatial association of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle and badgers Meles meles.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Woodroffe, R. & Donnelly, C. A. & Johnston, W. T. & Bourne, F. J. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Clifton-Hadley, R. S. & Cox, D. R. & Gettinby, G. & Hewinson, R. G. & Fevre, A. M. le & McInerney, J. P. & Morrison, W. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Control of zoonotic disease is difficult to achieve when populations of multiple hosts, particularly wildlife, become persistently infected. Bovine tu...

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Non-lethal control of wildlife: using chemical repellents as feeding deterrents for the European badger Meles meles.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Baker, S. E. & Ellwood, S. A. & Watkins, R. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-lethal methods of controlling wildlife foraging damage may offer conservation, ethical, legal and efficacy advantages over lethal control. Chemica...

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A framework for integrating control methods against the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus in Australia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Norton, G. A. & Sutherst, R. W. & Maywald, G. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Information from modelling and empirical studies on Boophilus microplus (Can.) in Australia was earlier used to produce guidelines to analyse field pr...

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EPIC-GILSYM: modelling crop-pest insect interactions and management with a novel coupled crop-insect model.

Published online: 31 Aug 2020

Authors: Rasche, L. & Taylor, R. A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern intensive agriculture relies heavily on pesticides to control weeds, pathogens and insect pests. Forecasting and managing the impact of pests a...

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The influence of three populations of Aceria chondrillae on three forms of Chondrilla juncea.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Cullen, J. M. & Moore, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The performance of 3 populations of Phytoptus chondrillae G. Can. (Aceria chondrillae), a mite that had been introduced into Australia for the biologi...

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An experimental application of Hypena opulenta as a biocontrol agent for the invasive vine Vincetoxicum rossicum.

Published online: 15 Sep 2020

Authors: Livingstone, S. W. & Smith, S. M. & Bourchier, R. S. & Ryan, K. & Roberto, A. & Cadotte, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Pre-release testing for biological control agents is focused primarily on assessment of host-range specificity and safety of potential agents. Agent i...

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Screening for control of a forest weed: early competition between three replacement species and Calamagrostis canadensis or Picea glauca.

Published online: 09 Apr 1997

Authors: Landhäusser, S. M. & Stadt, K. J. & Lieffers, V. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a growth chamber experiment, an additive series design was used to test the ability of 3 replacement species (Trifolium pratense, T. repens and Epi...

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Responses of grassland invertebrates to management by cutting. II. Heteroptera.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adult Heteroptera were sampled regularly in 1973-75 in experimental plots of Arrhenatherum-dominated calcareous grassland in Cambridgeshire, UK. The e...

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