A common suggestion to support ecosystem services to agriculture provided by mobile
organisms is to increase the amount of natural and seminatural habitat in the landscape. This …

Entomophagous arthropods can provide valuable biological control services, but they need
to fulfill their life cycle in agricultural landscapes often dominated by ephemeral and …

Helicoverpa armigera is a major pest of agriculture, horticulture and floriculture throughout
the Old World and recently invaded parts of the New World. We overview of the evolution in …

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity
to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. …

Ecologists and farmers often have contrasting perceptions about the value of natural habitat
in agricultural production landscapes, which so far has been little acknowledged in ecology …

Biodiversity is integral to almost all ecosystem processes, with some species playing key
functional roles that are essential for maintaining the value of ecosystems to humans. However, …

… The available data are, however, geographically and taxonomically unrepresentative; most
data are from North America and Western Europe, overrepresenting bumblebees and raising …

Vegetational diversity within agricultural fields is often suggested as a means to reduce
insect herbivore populations and to increase their natural enemies. In this paper we compare …

Agricultural systems have been continuously intensified to meet rising demand for agricultural
products. However, there are increasing concerns that larger, more connected crop fields …

Biodiversity conservation and agricultural production have traditionally been viewed as
substantially in conflict and recent declines in biodiversity have been linked to intensive …