Search
All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.
Showing 253 results
Generalist insect predators provide an important ecosystem service in the regulation of agricultural pests. However, the role of predation in the dyna...
Read moreTropical agroforests are diverse systems where several predator groups shape animal communities and plant-arthropod interactions. Ants, birds and bats...
Read moreThe presence of weeds within the crop provided a habitat which was more suitable for some of the arthropod predators of P. rapae. Harpalus rufipes was...
Read moreThe results of experiments conducted during 1968 showed that the presence of weed within the crop provides a suitable habitat for some of the ground-l...
Read moreIntensive agricultural land use negatively impacts biodiversity, including arthropod predator diversity and their pest control potential. Alley-croppi...
Read moreThe potential contribution of vertebrate predators to biological control in orchards has been largely overlooked to date. A few studies have shown tha...
Read moreBiological pest control is a key ecosystem service, and it depends on multiple factors acting from the local to the landscape scale. However, the effe...
Read moreIntensifying agricultural production in sustainable ways is pivotal to increasing food production while reducing environmental impacts. Ecological int...
Read moreSown or natural flower strips are a commonly used management practice in agroecosystems and have been demonstrated to increase the abundance of predat...
Read moreAssuring future food productivity and security will require that better use is made of pest regulation provided by naturally occurring ecological serv...
Read more