Exotic urban trees conserve similar natural enemy communities to native congeners but have fewer pests
PEERJ, 7.
author keywords: Urban trees; Parasitoids; Conservation; Pest management; Exotic trees; Acer spp. (maple); Quercus spp. (oaks); Natural enemies; Native trees; Scale insects (Coccoidea)
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Research on scale insects; Plant and animal studies
TL;DR:
These native and exotic tree species could help conserve arthropod natural enemies and achieve pest management goals and Parasitoid communities were significantly different among Acer species and Quercus species due in each case to greater abundance of a single family on one native tree species.
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