The ground beetles form the speciose beetle family Carabidae and, since their emergence
in the Tertiary, have populated all habitats except deserts. Our knowledge about carabids is …

This review article on carabids in sustainable agro-ecosystems of the temperate Northern
hemisphere presents a compilation of the available knowledge on the significance of …

An undergraduate and postgraduate textbook covering the key principles, methodologies,
approaches and practical examples of insect pest management in agricultural, post harvest …

Molecular analysis of predation, through polymerase chain reaction amplification of prey
remains within the faeces or digestive systems of predators, is a rapidly growing field …

Beneficial arthropods provide many important ecosystem services. In agroecosystems,
pollination and control of crop pests provide benefits worth billions of dollars annually …

Current knowledge of spiders in agroecosystems (excluding tree crops) reported in
European and US literature is discussed comparatively, in an attempt to relate spider …

Summary 1 Generalist arthropod predators act as natural enemies of insect pests in agro‐
ecosystems. Crop management activities may cause a reduction in arthropod densities …

An experiment was conducted to investigate whether polyphagous predators dispersing
from a within field overwintering refuge ('beetle bank') could reduce cereal aphid numbers in …

Pitfall trap** is one of the most commonly used methods to survey surface-active
invertebrates, but has many potential biases that may affect the catch of invertebrates. The …

Summary 1 Spiders form a major component of the generalist predator fauna, potentially
able to restrict pest population growth, but their populations may be food‐limited under …