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In the temperate mixed oak forests of Central Europe, outbreaks of insects such as the spongy moth, Lymantria dispar, can cause severe defoliation and...

Managing agricultural environments in a way that maximises the provision of multiple ecosystem services is a significant challenge in the development ...

Natural enemies may reduce the effectiveness of weed biocontrol agents and can also cause environmental damage, for example to a shared native insect ...

We tested the effects of herbaceous vegetation enhancement on the abundance and richness of plants and arthropods in a wine-producing vineyard in Isra...

Two cichlid fish were studied under semi-natural conditions to evaluate their potential as agents for the biological control of schistosome intermedia...

Laboratory and field studies were carried out for 6 years on the ecology of Aedes cantans (Mg.) in southern England. Females oviposited in the leaf li...

The scope and complexity of interactions within community food webs necessitates their simplification to a community module scale for conducting empir...

The magnitude of the benefits derived from organic farming within contrasting managed landscapes remains unclear and, in particular, the potential sca...

Species-rich grasslands are of high conservation value because of the diverse floral and faunal assemblages they support. Intensive agriculture has re...

Theoretical studies have presented conflicting conclusions about the value of introducing multiple parasitoid species to control insect pests, dependi...