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Studies on polyphagous predators of cereal aphids.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Edwards, C. A. & Sunderland, K. D. & George, K. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were done in England in fields of winter wheat at North Farm, West Sussex, and at Rothamsted in 1978 to investigate the effect of predatio...

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Effects of water-saving rice cultivation methods on yield, water use, and water-use efficiency.

Published online: 03 Oct 2019

Authors: Gaspar, J. P. & Henry, C. G. & Anders, M. M. & Duren, M. & Hendrix, D. & Horton, A. P.

Content type: Bulletin article

Water available for irrigation is declining in many rice-growing regions around the world. Global populations continue to rise increasing crop product...

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Some biological and chemical changes in a north Queensland soil following replacement of rainforest with Araucaria cunninghamii (Coniferae:Araucariaceae).

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Holt, J. A. & Spain, A. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The soil nutrient levels, standing crop of litter and populations of soil and litter arthropods of a tropical Australian rainforest on the Atherton Ta...

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What drives livelihoods' strategies in rural areas? Evidence from the Tridom Conservation Landscape using Spatial Probit Analysis.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Poufoun, J. N. & Delacote, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Very few scientific studies have focused on the determinants of households' livelihoods' strategies in the Congo Basin. The aim of this paper is to un...

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Limits to green revolution in rice in Africa the case of Ghana.

Published online: 19 Oct 2016

Authors: Ragasa, C. & Chapoto, A.

Content type: Bulletin

The Ghana National Rice Development Strategy in 2009 was developed to double rice production by 2018 with a 10 percent annual increase and to reduce o...

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Tree performance in a biodiversity enrichment experiment in an oil palm landscape.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Zemp, D. C. & Gérard, A. & Hölscher, D. & Ammer, C. & Irawan, B. & Sundawati, L. & Teuscher, M. & Kreft, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large-scale conversion of tropical forests into oil palm monocultures has led to dramatic losses of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. While ecolog...

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The contribution of spatial mass effects to plant diversity in arable fields.

Published online: 24 Aug 2020

Authors: Metcalfe, H. & Hassall, K. L. & Boinot, S. & Storkey, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In arable fields, plant species richness consistently increases at field edges. This potentially makes the field edge an important habitat for the con...

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Ecological requirements drive the variable responses of wheat pests and natural enemies to the landscape context.

Published online: 16 Feb 2022

Authors: González, E. & Bianchi, F. J. J. A. & Eckerter, P. W. & Pfaff, V. & Weiler, S. & Entling, M. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural habitats (SNH) are considered essential for pest-suppressive landscapes, but their influence on crop pests and natural enemies can be hig...

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Seed predation is key to preventing population growth of the weed Alopecurus myosuroides.

Published online: 05 Mar 2022

Authors: Daouti, E. & Jonsson, M. & Vico, G. & Menegat, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed predation can reduce the abundance and spread of unwanted vegetation in agricultural and other semi-natural ecosystems. However, knowledge of how...

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Joint research with JIRCAS on China's food security and climate change.

Published online: 02 Jan 2020

Authors: Chen YongFu & Han XinRu & Xiao XiaoPing

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Research on China's food outlook and the impacts of climate change on China's agriculture was carried out by collaboration between China Agricultural ...

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