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Dead wood (DW) provides critical habitat for thousands of species in forests, but its amount, quality and diversity have been heavily reduced by fores...

The interactions between adjacent trophic levels are essential for ecosystem functioning and stability. Grazing by domestic herbivores is an essential...

Extrafloral nectar (EFN) provides plants with indirect defence against herbivores by attracting predatory insects, predominantly ants. Decades of rese...

As part of a research project on the population dynamics of a polyphagous noctuid pest, Helicoverpa armigera, on crops commonly grown in small-scale a...

Increasing crop configurational heterogeneity-smaller crop fields with more field margins-has been repeatedly found to support farmland biodiversity. ...

An investigation was made of factors affecting the distribution and abundance of insect herbivores on oak (Quercus petraea) in pure stands or in mixtu...

In Australia, biological control is a promising long-term management strategy for the woody weed mimosa Mimosa pigra but does not yet provide adequate...

Two plots, each of 240 broom (Sarothamnus scoparius) seedlings were planted in England in March 1966. For 11 years, one plot was sprayed 1-3 times a y...

Rice-fish co-culture system has a history of more than 2,000 years in Asia and has been recognized as one of FAO's Globally Important Agricultural Her...

Expanding cities increasingly encroach fertile farmlands, questioning the viability of maintaining agriculture within and around them. Yet, our knowle...