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A simulation model of the epidemiology of barley yellow dwarf virus in winter sown cereals and its application to forecasting.

Published online: 15 May 1993

Authors: Kendall, D. A. & Brain, P. & Chinn, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model is described which simulates the spread of barley yellow dwarf luteovirus (BYDV) by aphids in winter cereals in SW England. The model...

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Controlling a plant invader by targeted disruption of its life cycle.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Dauer, J. T. & McEvoy, P. B. & Sickle, J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest management strategies should be informed by research on a broad suite of biotic and abiotic interactions. We used a life table response experimen...

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Temporal and spatial patterns in drought-related tree dieback in Australian savanna.

Published online: 14 Mar 2000

Authors: Fensham, R. J. & Holman, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The magnitude of drought and dieback was examined using the rainfall records for Queensland and historical records of dieback. Tree dieback was examin...

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Degree of host susceptibility in the initial disease outbreak influences subsequent epidemic spread.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Severns, P. M. & Estep, L. K. & Sackett, K. E. & Mundt, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disease epidemics typically begin as an outbreak of a relatively small, spatially explicit population of infected individuals (focus), in which diseas...

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Decision-making for mitigating wildlife diseases: from theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Canessa, S. & Bozzuto, C. & Grant, E. H. C. & Cruickshank, S. S. & Fisher, M. C. & Koella, J. C. & Lötters, S. & Martel, A. & Pasmans, F. & Scheele, B. C. & Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A. & Steinfartz, S. & Schmidt, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation science can be most effective in its decision-support role when seeking answers to clearly formulated questions of direct management rele...

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Modelling the incidence of virus yellows in sugar beet in the UK in relation to numbers of migrating Myzus persicae.

Published online: 16 Apr 1999

Authors: Werker, A. R. & Dewar, A. M. & Harrington, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The incidence of virus yellows diseases (caused by beet yellowing virus [beet yellows closterovirus] and/or beet mild yellowing luteovirus) in sugar b...

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Added soil nitrogen does not allow Rumex obtusifolius to escape the effects of insect-fungus interactions.

Published online: 18 Jun 1997

Authors: Hatcher, P. E. & Paul, N. D. & Ayres, P. G. & Whittaker, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rust fungus Uromyces rumicis and the chrysomelid beetle Gastrophysa viridula have been considered as biocontrol agents against Rumex obtusifolius....

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Interactions between herbivores and endophyte-infected Festuca rubra from the Scottish islands of St. Kilda, Benbecula and Rum.

Published online: 05 Feb 1998

Authors: Bazely, D. R. & Vicari, M. & Emmerich, S. & Filip, L. & Lin, D. & Inman, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hirta, an island in the St. Kilda group, is grazed by a population of feral Soay sheep which crashes every 3-5 years with up to 60% mortality. Fungal ...

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Effect of introduced biological control organisms on the density of Chondrilla juncea in California.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Supkoff, D. M. & Joley, D. B. & Marois, J. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Following the intentional introduction of the exotic biological control organisms Puccinia chondrillina (skeletonweed rust), Cystiphora schmidti (skel...

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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...

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