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Integrating plant clinics into county agricultural advisory services systems: Kenya case study.

Published online: 02 Jul 2020

Authors: Chege, F. & Bundi, M. & Likoko, L. & Kainyu, F. & Ringera, E. & Otipa, M. & Karanja, P. & Kimani, M. & Williams, F.

Content type: Bulletin

Plantwise (PW) is a global programme led by CABI that is improving farmers' livelihoods by providing them with plant health information in order to re...

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Tropical rainforest conversion and land use intensification reduce understorey plant phylogenetic diversity.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Kusuma, Y. W. C. & Rembold, K. & Tjitrosoedirdjo, S. S. & Kreft, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conversion of rainforest into agricultural land affects multiple facets of tropical plant diversity. While the effects of tropical land use change and...

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Organic farming and associated management practices benefit multiple wildlife taxa: a large-scale field study in rice paddy landscapes.

Published online: 28 Aug 2020

Authors: Katayama, N. & Osada, Y. & Mashiko, M. & Baba, Y. G. & Tanaka, K. & Kusumoto, Y. & Okubo, S. & Ikeda, H. & Natuhara, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming has potential for the conservation of global biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Despite this, knowledge of the effects of...

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Food production vs. biodiversity: comparing organic and conventional agriculture.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Gabriel, D. & Sait, S. M. & Kunin, W. E. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A substantial proportion of the global land surface is used for agricultural production. Agricultural land serves multiple societal purposes; it provi...

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An empirical mathematical model to describe plant root systems.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Gerwitz, A. & Page, E. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An empirical model used to standardize data on root investigations was P = 100 (1-e-fx) where P was the percentage of roots in x cm of soil, and f was...

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An ecological perspective on human densities in the central African forests.

Published online: 25 Jul 1997

Authors: Barnes, R. F. W. & Lahm, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors determining human densities in the central African forests are examined and compared with the predictions from an agronomic model by the Food ...

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Equal yield-scaled and lower area-scaled nitrous oxide emissions in organically managed soils.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Andreas, G. & Skinner, C. & Krauss, M. & Mäder, P.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Despite the increase in organic cropland, knowledge on the impact of organic farming on soil derived nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions i...

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Modelling the population dynamics of Avena sterilis under dry-land cereal cropping systems.

Published online: 27 Nov 1992

Authors: González-Andujar, J. L. & Fernández-Quintanilla, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A mathematical model for simulating the population dynamics of Avena sterilis subsp. ludoviciana was constructed using previously reported data. The m...

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Modelling populations of cyst-nematodes (Nematoda:Heteroderidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Jones, F. G. W. & Perry, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Because cyst-nematode populations are relatively static, immigration and emigration are negligible and population fluctuations under different crops c...

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Applying a biocomplexity approach to modelling farmer decision-making and land use impacts on wildlife.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Malawska, A. & Topping, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The biocomplexity approach refers to a fully integrated social-ecological systems (SES) simulation that represents bidirectional feedbacks between soc...

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