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Light induced dormancy in Bromus sterilis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Pollard, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seeds of Bromus sterilis overwintered outdoors on the panicle were dormant the following spring, whereas seeds stored indoors germinated rapidly. The ...

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Responses of grassland invertebrates to management by cutting. IV. Positive responses of Auchenorhyncha.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The increase in numbers of Auchenorhyncha following cutting of an Arrhenatherum grassland were recorded in a field experiment at a nature reserve in e...

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The Hemiptera of two sown calcareous grasslands. II. Differences between treatments.

Published online: 21 Sep 1990

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field studies in the UK, Hemiptera were sampled using vacuum nets from replicated sown swards of 2 contrasting types, a fine-leaved grass mixture a...

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No place like home: an experimental comparison of reintroduction strategies using snakes.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Roe, J. H. & Frank, M. R. & Gibson, S. E. & Attum, O. & Kingsbury, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The practice of deliberately moving animals from one site to another for conservation is increasing as a tool to re-establish extirpated populations. ...

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Balancing sampling intensity against spatial coverage for a community science monitoring programme.

Published online: 23 Aug 2020

Authors: Weiser, E. L. & Diffendorfer, J. E. & Grundel, R. & López-Hoffman, L. & Pecoraro, S. & Semmens, D. & Thogmartin, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Community science is an increasingly integral part of biodiversity research and monitoring, often achieving broad spatial and temporal coverage but lo...

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Long-term shifts in the seasonal abundance of adult Culicoides biting midges and their impact on potential arbovirus outbreaks.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Sanders, C. J. & Shortall, C. R. & England, M. & Harrington, R. & Purse, B. & Burgin, L. & Carpenter, S. & Gubbins, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Surveillance of adult Culicoides biting midge flight activity is used as an applied ecological method to guide the management of arbovirus incursions ...

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The effects of some insecticides on populations of frit fly (Oscinella frit) and its enemies.

Published online: 03 Jul 1966

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based almost entirely on the author's summary. In investigations in southern England, nearly twice as many eggs were laid by females ...

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Pathogen dynamics under both bottom-up host resistance and top-down hyperparasite attack.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Parratt, S. R. & Laine, A. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative importance of bottom-up versus top-down control of population dynamics has been the focus of much debate. In infectious disease biology, ...

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Structural features of field boundaries which influence the overwintering densities of beneficial arthropod predators.

Published online: 09 Nov 1995

Authors: Dennis, P. & Thomas, M. B. & Sotherton, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation cover was manipulated in enclosures in a field boundary in southern England to test experimentally the effect on overwintering by the preda...

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Predicting Oscinella frit population densities from suction trap catches and weather data.

Published online: 13 Apr 1999

Authors: Lindblad, M. & Solbreck, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the aim of developing a model for the prediction of Oscinella frit populations, migrating adults were sampled using suction traps at two location...

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