Understanding distribution patterns and multitrophic interactions is critical for managing bat‐
and bird‐mediated ecosystem services such as the suppression of pest and non‐pest …

The existence of a synthetic program of research on what was then termed the “nocturnal
problem” and that we might now call “nighttime ecology” was declared more than 70 years …

Tropical agroforests are diverse systems where several predator groups shape animal
communities and plant–arthropod interactions. Ants, birds and bats in particular can reduce …

Regulation of agricultural pests managing their natural enemies represents an alternative to
chemical pesticides. We assessed the potential of insectivorous birds as pest regulators in …

Artificially increased habitat complexity can improve the biocontrol service provided by
generalist predators as it can reduce intraguild predation (IGP). However, several …

In cropped fields, birds are often at the highest position in the food chain, feeding on pest
arthropods and their intermediate predators in a process known as intraguild predation. The …

The influence of vegetation structure on spider species richness, diversity and community
organization in the Apšuciems calcareous fen, Latvia.—Calcareous fens are considered to …

Predators have far-reaching effects on communities by triggering top-down trophic cascades
that influence ecosystem functioning. Omnivory and intraguild interactions between …

Animals exhibit a variety of strategies to avoid predation; spiders are no exception. We
explored whether web-building spiders that differ in the architecture of their webs exhibit …

Although spiders are common inhabitants of tree cavities, factors that drive their community
structure in these microhabitats are little known. Here we investigated whether bark type …