Bioindicators, as taxa or functional groups, are widely used as indicators of environmental
change, specific ecological factors or taxonomic diversity. The use of ecological …

The impacts of agricultural land use are far-reaching and extend to areas outside
production. This paper provides an overview of the ecological status of agricultural systems …

It is widely accepted that firms play an important stewardship role in addressing sustainable
development concerns. A key challenge in this role is to balance the often conflicting …

There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the simplification of land uses
associated with a strong dependence on agrochemical inputs is decreasing environmental …

The Ecological Society of America has evaluated the ecological effects of current and
potential uses of field‐released genetically engineered organisms (GEOs), as described in …

Written in simple language with relevant examples, Statistical Methods in Biology: Design
and Analysis of Experiments and Regression is a practical and illustrative guide to the …

Crop protection continues to be an important component of modern farming to maintain food
production to feed an expanding human population, but considerable changes have …

By the end of the 1980s, a broad consensus had developed that there were potential
environmental risks of transgenic plants requiring assessment and that this assessment …

Assuring future food productivity and security will require that better use is made of pest
regulation provided by naturally occurring ecological services. However, empirical evidence …

▪ Abstract Weeds and arthropods interact in agricultural systems. Weeds can directly serve
as food sources or provide other ecosystem resources for herbivorous arthropods, and …