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Land use changes and the decline of farmland wildlife: An appraisal of the set-aside approach by Sotherton, N.W.

“…Declines in the distribution and abundance of many wildlife groups associated with agricultural ecosystems have been documented across Europe. The increasing…”
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Developing grassland conservation headlands: response of carabid assemblage to different cutting regimes in a silage field edge by Haysom, K.A, McCracken, D.I, Foster, G.N, Sotherton, N.W

“…Prescriptions for the management of arable field edges are an established component of many agri-environment schemes that aim to enhance the wildlife value of…”
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Factors determining the effects of pesticides upon butterflies inhabiting arable farmland by Longley, M., Sotherton, N.W.

“…The importance of farmland habitats for butterfly populations and their accidental or intentional contamination from pesticide applications is discussed. The…”
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Game crops as summer habitat for farmland songbirds in Scotland by Parish, David M.B., Sotherton, Nicolas W.

“…Counts of songbirds during the breeding season on 21 farms across eastern Scotland, UK, showed that up to 80 times as many birds were recorded from game crops…”
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Effects of cereal headland treatments on the abundance and movements of three species of carabid beeltes by Hawthorne, A.J, Hassall, M, Sotherton, N.W

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Measurements of pesticide spray drift deposition into field boundaries and hedgerows. 1. Summer applications by Longley, M. (University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.), Cilgi, T, Jepson, P.C, Sotherton, N.W

“…The drift of fluorescent tracer in water and formulated pesticide sprays was measured at different heights and distances within 6-m-wide buffer strips…”
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Measurements of pesticide spray drift deposition into field boundaries and hedgerows. 2. Autumn applications by Longley, M. (University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.), Sotherton, N.W

“…Tractor spray applications of a pyrethroid insecticide combined with a fluorescent tracer were applied to cereal field edges on four separate occasions in the…”
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Effects of cereal headland treatments on the abundance and movements of three species of carabid beetles by Hawthorne, A.J, Hassall, Mark, Sotherton, N.W

“…The abundance and activity of carabid beetles in the headlands of cereal fields in the Breckland ESA, England, were monitored using pitfall traps and…”
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Post hibernation dispersal of three leaf-eating beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) colonising cultivated willows and poplars by Sage, R.B, Fell, D, Tucker, K, Sotherton, N.W

“…Summary 1 We studied the spring dispersal of three common chrysomelids, from overwintering habitats into cultivated willow and poplar coppices at four sites in…”
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Factors determining the effects of pesticides upon butterflies inhabiting arable farmland: a review by Longley, M. (Game Conservancy Trust, Fordingbridge, Hants. (United Kingdom). Farmland Ecology Unit), Sotherton, N.W

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Terrestrial non-target invertebrates and the autumn application of synthetic pyrethroids: experimental methodology and the trade-off between replication and plot size by Pullen, A.J. (Southampton University, Biomedical Sciences Building, Southampton, UK), Jepson, P.C, Sotherton, N.W

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The role of egg predation in the population dynamics of Gastrophysa polygoni (Coleoptera) in cereal fields by Sotherton, N.W, Wratten, S.D, Vickerman, G.P. (Southampton Univ. (UK). Dept. of Biology)

“…From 1977 to 1979 counts were made of the numbers ( m-2) of G. polygoni (L.) found in cereal fields in southern England and age-specific life tables prepared…”
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