2018 journal article

Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 115(33), E7863–E7870.

By: D. Karp*, R. Chaplin-Kramer*, T. Meehan*, E. Martin*, F. DeClerck, H. Grab*, C. Gratton*, L. Hunt* ...

author keywords: agroecology; biodiversity; biological control; ecosystem services; natural enemies
MeSH headings : Animals; Crops, Agricultural / growth & development; Crops, Agricultural / parasitology; Ecosystem; Models, Biological; Pest Control, Biological
TL;DR: Analysis of the largest pest-control database of its kind shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 19, 2018

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