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A Bocage Landscape Restricts the Gene Flow of Pest Vole Populations
Life, 2022 The population dynamics of most animal species inhabiting agro-ecosystems may be determined by landscape characteristics, with agricultural intensification and the reduction of natural habitats influencing dispersal and hence limiting gene flow. Increasing landscape complexity would thus benefit many endangered species by providing different ecological
Aitor Somoano +4 more
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Landscape simplification increases vineyard pest outbreaks and insecticide use [PDF]
Ecology Letters, 2020 Abstract Diversifying agricultural landscapes may mitigate biodiversity declines and improve pest management. Yet landscapes are rarely managed to suppress pests, in part because researchers seldom measure key variables related to pest outbreaks and insecticides that drive management decisions.
Daniel Paredes +4 more
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Key Plant, Key Pests: Camellia
EDIS, 2018 This series of Key Plant, Key Pests publications are designed for Florida gardeners, horticulturalists and landscape professionals to help identify common pests associated with common Florida fauna.
Juanita Popenoe +2 more
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Landscaping Methods to Prevent Pests from Entering Your Home
EDIS, 2023 Pests can damage your home and harm your health. Two important ways to reduce pest entry into your home are frequent inspections and proper landscaping practices.
J. E. Davis +4 more
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A Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Approach to Pest Management in Your Edible Landscape
EDIS, 2023 This new 8-page publication of the UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department defines different types of pests that a home gardener might encounter and encourages diversifying landscapes as a solution to pest problems. It focuses on what is called “the triangle” of IPM, a guide to managing pests using multiple methods, and provides examples of ...
Tina McIntyre +4 more
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Managing Insecticide and Miticide Resistance in Florida Landscapes
EDIS, 2018 Resistance to insecticide or miticide is a worry for landscape managers. Around the world, chinch bugs, leafminers, and other insect and mite pests have become resistant to dozens of insecticides, but with diligent insecticide resistance management, we ...
Nicole Benda, Adam G. Dale
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Landscape structure influences natural pest suppression in a rice agroecosystem
Scientific Reports, 2023 AbstractAgricultural landscapes are constantly changing as farmers adopt new production practices and respond to changing environmental conditions. Some of these changes alter landscape structure with impacts on natural pest control, pesticide use, and conservation of biodiversity.
M. P. Ali +5 more
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Mixed effects of ecological intensification on natural pest control providers: a short-term study for biotic homogenization in winter wheat fields [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Agricultural intensification is one of the major drivers of biotic homogenization and has multiple levels ranging from within-field management intensity to landscape-scale simplification.
Zoltán Elek +9 more
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Key Plant, Key Pests: Azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
EDIS, 2018 This series of Key Plant, Key Pests publications are designed for Florida gardeners, horticulturalists, and landscape professionals to help identify common pests associated with common Florida flora.
Juanita Popenoe +3 more
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Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâ, 2015 Indicators of landscape-ecological diversity of territory of the Poltava region according to remote sensing of the Earth have been established, and its role in determination of dynamics of abundance of sugar beet pests has been found.
O. V. Zhukov +3 more
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