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The influence of plot size in assessing the impact of pesticide treatment on invertebrate populations in cereal fields was investigated in winter whea...
Read moreGrass-sown raised earth banks were created as islands in the centres of 2 winter wheat fields in the UK to provide improved overwintering conditions f...
Read moreNeonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides world-wide, but their fate in the environment remains unclear, as does their potential to influen...
Read moreConventional agriculture in the global north is typically characterized by large monocultures, commonly managed with high levels of pesticide or ferti...
Read moreAn equation for estimating invertebrate predation was tested in laboratory experiments with Sitobion avenae and polyphagous predators (Agonum dorsale,...
Read moreGambusia affinis reduced the abundance of the mosquito Culex tarsalis in a rice field in the San Joaquin Valley, California. The fish also reduced the...
Read moreThis paper presents the results of a field study conducted in Spain, to evaluate the efficiency of installing artificial nest boxes for insectivorous ...
Read moreSpiders were sampled, by suction (D-vac) and direct counts of their webs, in a controlled sheep-grazing experiment on calcareous ex-arable land and in...
Read moreLinyphiid spiders are important predators of pests in agricultural ecosystems. Their ability to disperse aeronautically is a pre-adaptation to ephemer...
Read moreThe effects of pasture improvement procedures and subsequent pesticide use on the carabid and spider faunas of semi- natural upland grasslands in nort...
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