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Alternative food improves the combined effect of an omnivore and a predator on biological pest control. A case study in avocado orchards [PDF]

, 2008
J.J. González-Fernández, F. de la Peña, J.I. Hormaza, Juan Ramón Boyero, José Miguel Vela, María Eva Wong, M.M. Trigo, Marta Montserrat   +7 more
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Environmental Benefits from Reduced Pesticide Use and Returns to Research: An Application to the U.S. Cotton Industry [PDF]

Cotton production is one of the main pesticide use industries in the U.S. This intensive use has resulted in the disruption of naturally occurring biological control factors that regulate other insect pest populations and “the pesticide treadmill”.
Matekole, Augustus N., Mullen, Jeffrey D., Sande, Doris N.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The effects of climate on bat morphology across space and time

Ecography, EarlyView.
According to Bergmann's and Allen's rules, climate change may drive morphological shifts in species, affecting body size and appendage length. These rules predict that species in colder climates tend to be larger and have shorter appendages to improve thermoregulation. Bats are thought to be sensitive to climate and are therefore expected to respond to
Laura Paltrinieri, Orly Razgour, Luca Santini, Danilo Russo, Joxerra Aihartza, Ostaizka Aizpurua, Francisco Amorim, Leonardo Ancillotto, Konrad Bidziński, Rasit Bilgin, Philip Briggs, Lisette Cantù-Salazar, Mateusz Ciechanowski, Luca Cistrone, Dina K. N. Dechmann, Katrine Eldegard, Mari Aas Fjelldal, Jérémy Froidevaux, Joanna Furmankiewicz, Inazio Garin, Luke Hamel, Carlos Ibanez, Martyna Jankowska-Jarek, Javier Juste, Carmi Korine, Grzegorz Lesiński, Maxime Leuchtmann, Adriano Martinoli, Maria Mas, Fiona Mathews, Reed April McKay, Thijs Molenaar, Colin Morris, Victoria Nistreanu, Kevin J. Olival, Andrea Pereswiet-Soltan, Áron Péter, Kendra Phelps, Dominique Pontier, Lucy Pope, Hugo Rebelo, Damiano G. Preatoni, Xavier Puig-Monserat, Niamh Roche, Ireneusz Ruczyński, Attila D. Sándor, Rune Sørås, Martina Spada, Nia Toshkova, Jeroen van der Kooij, Christian C. Voigt, Zuzanna Wikar, Aneta Zapart, Marcin Zegarek, Ana Benítez-López   +54 more
wiley   +1 more source

Search for Nutritional Fitness Traits in a Biological Pest Control Agent Harmonia axyridis Using Comparative Transcriptomics. [PDF]

Front Physiol, 2019
Zhang T, He Y, Zeng J, Zhang L, Zeng F, Mao J, Zhang G.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Quality control requirements for pest biological control agents /

, 1993
Marilyn Y Steiner
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Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies. An Introduction to Biological Control. Van Driesche, R. , Hoddle, M. and Center, T. D. 2008. Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies. An Introduction to Biological Control. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. x + 473 pp. ISBN 978-14051-4571, paperback, $69.95. [PDF]

, 2009
J. Howard Frank
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How many trees are there in the North American boreal forest?

Ecography, EarlyView.
Boreal forests, the largest terrestrial biome on Earth, are highly varied in local tree density. Despite previous attempts to estimate tree density in boreal forests, the accuracy of the estimation is unknown, leaving the question how many trees there are in boreal forests largely unanswered. Here, we compiled tree density data from 4367 plots in North
Kun Xu, Jingye Li, Jian Zhang, Dingliang Xing, Fangliang He   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survey of cyclopids (Crustacea, Copepoda) in Brazil and preliminary screening of their potential as dengue vector predators

Revista de Saúde Pública
INTRODUCTION: Cyclopid copepods are known to be good mosquito controllers, specially as regards the larvae of the dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus.
Luciana Urbano dos Santos, Carlos Fernando S. de Andrade   +1 more
doaj  

Evolutionary trajectories of multiple defense traits across phylogenetic and geographic scales in Vitis

Ecography, EarlyView.
The processes driving defense trait correlations may vary within and between species based on ecological or environmental contexts. However, most studies of plant defense theory fail to address this potential for shifts in trait correlations across scales.
Carolyn D. K. Graham, Marjorie G. Weber
wiley   +1 more source

Chaos: A potential problem in the biological control of insect pests

, 1995
Liebe F. Cavalieri, Hüseyin Koçak
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