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The relative importance of bottom-up versus top-down control of population dynamics has been the focus of much debate. In infectious disease biology, ...
Read moreVegetation cover was manipulated in enclosures in a field boundary in southern England to test experimentally the effect on overwintering by the preda...
Read morePolyphagous predators, such as spiders and beetles, perform a fundamental ecosystem service as regulators of agricultural pests, particularly aphids. ...
Read moreThe suitability of human-modified habitats for native species and the response of species to habitat edges are two important ecological processes that...
Read moreIncreasing landscape heterogeneity and organic farming practices are known to enhance species richness in agroecosystems. However, little is known abo...
Read moreResults from four field studies conducted in Germany showed that communities of trap-nesting bees and wasps (Vespidae) and their natural enemies are p...
Read moreThe occurrence of enemy-free space presents a challenge to the top-down control of agricultural pests by natural enemies, making bottom-up factors suc...
Read moreBiological invasion can permanently alter ecosystem structure and function. Invasive species are difficult to eradicate, so methods for constraining i...
Read moreShingle beach vegetation at Sizewell, Suffolk, UK, was extensively damaged by the construction of a power station. The feasibility of restoring the ve...
Read moreAlthough population viability analysis (PVA) is widely employed, forecasts from PVA models are rarely tested. This study in a fragmented forest in sou...
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