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Biological pest control is a key ecosystem service, and it depends on multiple factors acting from the local to the landscape scale. However, the effe...
Read moreBiological control is a key ecosystem service in arable lands, but its effectiveness varies according to environmental and biotic contexts. Cascading ...
Read moreBiological pest control, relying on naturally occurring predator-prey dynamics, is considered a key element to achieve more sustainable farming system...
Read moreThere is potential for negative consequences for the ecological integrity of fire-dependent ecosystems as a result of inappropriate fire regimes. This...
Read moreThe use of beetle banks to conserve predatory beetles for the control of pest Diptera was studied in Washington, USA. Locally, the community of predat...
Read moreThe management of biological invasions is a worldwide conservation priority. Unfortunately, decision-making on optimal invasion management can be impe...
Read moreThe expansion of intensive agricultural practices is a major threat to biodiversity and to the delivery of ecosystem services on which humans depend. ...
Read moreVegetative buffers in agricultural landscapes can provide a range of important ecological services, including conservation of native flora and fauna, ...
Read moreThe increasing dominance of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea in heathland ecosystems in the UK is of growing concern due to its detrimental impact o...
Read moreManaged systems harvested at intermediate time-scales have advantages over annual short-cycled systems in maintaining top-down control of insect herbi...
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