Detection of refuge from enemies through phenological mismatching in multitrophic interactions requires season-wide estimation of host abundance [PDF]
The concept of ‘‘enemy-free space’’ (EFS) refers to ways of living that reduce or eliminate the vulnerability of a species to natural enemies. It has been invoked to explain host shifts of phytophagous insects.
Jong, P.W., de, Kerstes, N.A.G.
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Pengelolaan Ekosistem Untuk Pengendalian Hama Lada [PDF]
, 2006 Ecosystem Management for Controlling Black Pepper PestPest is one of the obstacles of black pepper production in Indonesia. The pest attacks all parts of the plant such as inflorescens, fruits, shoots, branches and stems at nursery as well as in the ...
LABA, I. W. (I), TRISAWA, I. M. (IWA)
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Theoretical Study of Pest Control Using Stage Structured Natural Enemies with Maturation Delay: A Crop-Pest-Natural Enemy Model [PDF]
, 2013 In the natural world, there are many insect species whose individual members have a life history that takes them through two stages, immature and mature. Moreover, the rates of survival, development, and reproduction almost always depend on age, size, or
Dhar, Joydip, Jatav, Kunwer Singh
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Harmonia axyridis: an environmental risk assessment for Northwest Europe [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper, we summarize the international situation with respect to environmental risk assessment for biological control agents. Next, we apply a recently designed, comprehensive risk evaluation method consisting of a stepwise procedure to evaluate ...
Babendreier, D. +3 more
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A citation-based map of concepts in invasion biology [PDF]
, 2019 Invasion biology has been quickly expanding in the last decades so that it is now metaphorically flooded with publications, concepts, and hypotheses. Among experts, there is no clear consensus about the relationships between invasion concepts, and almost
Enders, Martin +2 more
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PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEMS IN PEST MANAGEMENT [PDF]
The use of chemical pesticides frequently causes minor pests to become serious problems by disturbing the natural controls that keep them in check. As a result, it is possible to suffer heavier crop losses after pesticides are introduced than before ...
Harper, Carolyn R.
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Pathogen avoidance by insect predators [PDF]
, 2008 Insects can detect cues related to the risk of attack by their natural enemies. Pathogens are among the natural enemies of insects and entomopathogenic fungi attack a wide array of host species.
Meyling, Nicolai V. +3 more
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Biological characteristics and control effect of Lysiphlebia japonica [Hym.: Braconidae] on Aphis glycines [Hom.: Aphididae] [PDF]
, 1994 Lysiphlebia japonica is the vital natural enemy of soybean aphid Aphis glycines in Jilin Province. Investigation of Lysiphlebia japonica was conducted during 1979-1992, and the results were shown as follows.Originating text in Chinese.Citation: Gao ...
Gao, Junfeng
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Natural enemy diversity reduces temporal variability in wasp but not bee parasitism
Oecologia, 2009 Biodiversity may enhance and stabilise ecosystem functioning, but little evidence exists for diversity–function relationships involving multitrophic interactions in real landscapes.
D. Veddeler +3 more
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A Dichotomy of Conflicting Duties [PDF]
, 2016 This paper explores the dichotomy of a soldier’s conflicting duties found in contemporary conflicts such as Iraq or Afghanistan. These two conflicting duties, the traditional duty of kill-destroy and the mutually exhaustive duty of help-build, often ...
Montrose, Jeff
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