Bottom-up effects are major ecological forces in crop–arthropod pest–natural enemy
multitrophic interactions. Over the past two decades, bottom-up effects have been …

Climate change is a multi-faceted phenomenon, including elevated CO 2, warmer
temperatures, more severe droughts and more frequent storms. All these components can …

Climate change is transforming ecosystems by altering species ranges, the composition of
communities, and trophic interactions. Here, we synthesize recent reviews and subsequent …

Threats to food security require novel sustainable agriculture practices to manage insect
pests. One strategy is conservation biological control (CBC), which relies on pest control …

Species richness, abundance and biomass of insects have recently undergone marked
declines in Europe. We metabarcoded 211 Malaise-trap samples to investigate whether …

Highlights•Plant-mediated bottom–up forces can reach and impact natural enemies on the
third trophic level and thus modify related biocontrol services.•Agricultural intensification can …

Host range in parasitoids could be described by the preference–performance hypothesis
(PPH) where preference is defined as host acceptance and performance is defined as the …

In the ongoing pursuit of sustainable farming techniques, the constant fight against aphids
remains an essential frontier. Aphids are well-known agricultural pests and they continue to …

Nitrogen (N) and water are crucial in crop production but increasingly scarce environmental
resources. Reducing their inputs can affect the whole plant-arthropod community including …

Parasitoids are a significant mortality factor in the population dynamics of many arthropods
involved in key ecological processes such as herbivore-plant and predator-prey interactions …