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Biological control of crop pests is a major ecosystem service affected by several variables acting at multiple spatial scales. Among these variables, ...
Read moreVine mealybug Planococcus ficus is an invasive pest of vineyards in many areas of the world. In California, USA, it infests all plant subunits and has...
Read morePlant diversity aboveground can exert top-down pressure on herbivores by attracting predatory insects, while organic soil amendments rich in beneficia...
Read moreGlobally, many ecosystems are exposed to artificial light at night. Nighttime lighting has direct biological impacts on species at all trophic levels....
Read moreTerrestrial ecosystems are shaped by interacting top-down and bottom-up processes, with the magnitude of top-down control by large carnivores largely ...
Read moreLosses of domestic sheep grazing unattended on upland summer ranges in the Snøhetta plateau of south central Norway during 1979-94 were examined, in r...
Read moreIncreasing natural pest control in agricultural fields is an important aim of ecological intensification. Combined effects of landscape context and lo...
Read more1. Increasing plant diversity in agricultural systems is a promising way to balance food production and biodiversity conservation. Biological pest con...
Read moreField-margin diversification through conservation and restoration of hedgerows is becoming a prominent intervention for promoting biodiversity and ass...
Read moreConservation biological control aims to control pests by promoting wild populations of natural enemies. One challenge is to attract and retain efficie...
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