Ecosystem services such as pollination and natural pest control are crucial for sustainable
agriculture and affected by landscape complexity. Landscape complexity is associated with …

Modern strawberry (Fragaria× ananass a Duch.) cultivars are hermaphrodite and have fertile
flowers, with the anthers releasing viable pollen. Cultivars are self-compatible and do not …

Context Worldwide, organic farming is being promoted as one of the main alternatives to
intensive conventional farming. However, the benefits of organic agriculture are still …

Reducing pesticide use while maintaining agricultural production is a key challenge.
Ecological theory predicts that landscape simplification is likely to increase insect pest …

Landscape ecologists have long suggested that pest abundances increase in simplified,
monoculture landscapes. However, tests of this theory often fail to predict pest population …

Land consolidation (LC) are introduced in agricultural landscapes to streamline mechanical
field operations, and increase crop production. However, it may cause adverse effects on …

Abstract Changes in land use is an important driver of insect pest population dynamics, but
the long-term effects of land use may be contingent on changes in some factors. To identify …

Rosenheim et al.(1) present an interesting study testing the effect of focal field size on pest
suppression across multiple crop** systems. The main conclusion of their study is “The …

The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (FCCC) held in November 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt, ended with joint …

Understanding the composition and dynamics of ecological communities is challenging
because of the large number of organisms present and their numerous interactions. Among …