… All plants were established in a replicated trial of 1-m 2 plots, with 43 species of native,
perennial … We also thank W van der Werf, M Vaughan, and C Gratton for comments on an earlier …

The expansion of urban areas is occurring globally, but not all city neighborhoods are gaining
population. Because of economic decline and the recent foreclosure crisis, many US cities …

Macroalgae are important ecosystem engineers in temperate marine waters. The function of
macroalgae is intimately linked to the composition and structure of their epibiotic bacterial, …

… I would also like to thank my wonderful parents, George and Mary Gardiner, and express
my love and gratitude to my wife and partner, Rita, to whom this book is dedicated and without …

Arthropod predators and parasitoids provide valuable ecosystem services in agricultural crops
by suppressing populations of insect herbivores. Many natural enemies are influenced by …

A number of writers have suggested that when men dominate numerically in an industry,
women in that industry experience pressure to alter their leadership style, which in turn impacts …

In recent years increasing interest has centred on the elderly psychogeriatric patient living in
the community and the part played by relatives in supporting these patients. There is a need…

… Michael Gardiner challenges this literary appropriation of Bakhtin’s ideas, depicting him
instead as a social thinker with a significant contribution to make to contemporary debates in …

Numerous studies show that landscape simplification reduces abundance and diversity of
natural enemies in agroecosystems, but its effect on natural pest control remains poorly …

Increased demand for corn grain as an ethanol feedstock is altering US agricultural landscapes
and the ecosystem services they provide. From 2006 to 2007, corn acreage increased 19…