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Experiments were done in England in fields of winter wheat at North Farm, West Sussex, and at Rothamsted in 1978 to investigate the effect of predatio...

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect aphid consumption by predators collected from 3 fields of winter wheat in the UK. A total...

To enhance biological pest control in crop fields, it is recommended to increase semi-natural area on farm and decrease insecticide spraying. While th...

Changes in large-scale land use may fragment and degrade habitats, affecting animal species adapted to these habitats. In the UK uplands for example, ...

In apple orchards, the use of pesticides such as pyrethroids for the control of lepidopteran and dipteran pests can severely disturb natural equilibri...

The Eurasian spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans is a major pest of spruce which is expanding its range in France, Turkey, England and Wales. Its m...

An 8-year-field experiment on moorland in northern England manipulated the abundance of legally controllable predators whilst maintaining consistent h...

1. Implementing effective, affordable and ethical conservation management will be crucial for minimising future biodiversity losses. Such management r...

Monitoring of exposure to pesticides in many countries shows extensive exposure of predators to anticoagulant rodenticides, which are used to control ...

Predator density and productivity can be influenced by ecological and anthropogenic factors. Given the controversy over predators impacting on prey of...