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Decreasing predation rates and shifting predator compositions along a land-use gradient in Madagascar's Vanilla landscapes.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Schwab, D. & Wurz, A. & Grass, I. & Rakotomalala, A. A. N. A. & Osen, K. & Soazafy, M. R. & Martin, D. A. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use change is the main driver of deforestation and land degradation resulting in the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in north-east...

The pest status and control of the tadpole shrimp, Triops granarius, and of the snail, Lanistes ovum, in Swaziland rice fields.

Published online: 30 Dec 1965

Authors: Crossland, N. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

T. granarius, which damaged rice in the seedling stage, was controlled by 0.5 lb malathion/ac. L. ovum, which damaged young growing points of rice, wa...

Quantifying parasitoid and predator controls on rice hopper eggs using a dynamic stage-structured model and field data.

Published online: 30 Aug 2020

Authors: Kettle, H. & Sann, C. & Marion, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rice hoppers can cause devastation to rice crops in SE Asia via disease spread and direct feeding. Current regulation is through pesticides; however, ...

A food web approach to evaluating the effect of insecticide spraying on insect pest population dynamics in a Philippine irrigated rice ecosystem.

Published online: 08 Jun 1995

Authors: Cohen, J. E. & Schoenly, K. & Heong, K. L. & Justo, H. & Arida, G. & Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data from a 645-taxa Philippines-wide food web and from multiple regression models were used to predict population fluctuations of insect pests in a r...

Impacts of irrigation on fisheries in rain-fed rice-farming landscapes.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Nguyen Khoa, S. & Lorenzen, K. & Garaway, C. & Chamsinhg, B. & Siebert, D. & Randone, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Expanding irrigation development threatens the productive and diverse fisheries of rain-fed rice-farming landscapes. Environmental management of irrig...

The colonization of California rice paddies by chironomid midges.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Clement, S. L. & Grigarick, A. A. & Way, M. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Temporal changes in the population structure of chironomid species colonising rice-fields in California (where the larvae damage the germinating seeds...

Simulation modelling of the spread of rice tungro virus disease: the potential for management by roguing.

Published online: 19 Feb 1997

Authors: Holt, J. & Chancellor, T. C. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simulation model of the dynamics of rice tungro virus disease (RTVD) [rice tungro spherical waikavirus and rice tungro bacilliform badnavirus] was d...

On the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Larson, D. F. & Muraoka, R. & Otsuka, K.

Content type: Bulletin

Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub- Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor, b...

A systems analysis approach to brown planthopper control on rice in Zhejiang Province, China. I. Simulation of outbreaks.

Published online: 09 Feb 1991

Authors: Cheng, J. A. & Holt, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simulation model of the population dynamics of the delphacid Nilaparvata lugens on rice in Zhejiang Province, China, was constructed using field pop...

Observations on the ecology of the rice-ear bug Leptocorisa oratorius (F.) (Hemiptera: Alydidae) in Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo).

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Rothschild, G. H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. Observations were made on the biology and ecology of Leptocorisa oratoria (F.) in Sarawak, mainly at ...

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