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The performance of 3 populations of Phytoptus chondrillae G. Can. (Aceria chondrillae), a mite that had been introduced into Australia for the biologi...

Rising demands for agricultural products and high environmental costs of intensive agriculture reinforce the need for ecological replacements in agric...

Agricultural management intensity and landscape heterogeneity act as the main drivers of biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes while also deter...

During 1986 and 1987, 15 wheat and 15 barley fields were surveyed for damage caused by badgers, in an area in the south of England where badger densit...

Seed yields of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) were assessed in each of two annual growing seasons over the 4-year period 1973 to 1976 in experimental plot...

Populations of large grazing birds have increased in Europe during the past five decades, raising conflicts between conservation and farming interests...

Although invasive species are widely recognized as a threat to native ecosystems, control or eradication plans can create controversy, particularly wh...

Biological pest control is a key ecosystem service, and it depends on multiple factors acting from the local to the landscape scale. However, the effe...

Spiders form a major component of the generalist predator fauna, potentially able to restrict pest population growth, but their populations may be foo...

Carabids and other epigeal arthropods make important contributions to biodiversity, food webs and biocontrol of invertebrate pests and weeds. Pitfall ...