The role of generalist predators in biological control remains controversial as they may not
only reduce pest populations but also disrupt biocontrol exerted by other natural enemies …

Understanding how community composition of service‐providing organisms affects
ecosystem functioning is a key challenge in ecology. Although it has been proposed that …

In agroecosystems, intraguild predation (IGP) is an ecological interaction that can reduce the
effectiveness of biological control programs. Since aggressiveness is correlated with a …

Abstract Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) oviposits in ripening fruit,
larvae render crops unmarketable, and significant economic losses can occur. Biological …

Understanding pesticide impacts on populations of target/non‐target species and
communities is a challenge to applied ecology. When predators that otherwise regulate pest …

Proteus, matrine, and pyridalyl were tested in the laboratory for their effects upon Orius
laevigatus (Fieber), which is a polyphagous predator used for IPM programs of Frankliniella …

The present study was designed to record the effect of λ-cyhalothrin, Bifenthrin, and
Glyphosate on the mortality, avoidance behavior, foraging activity, and activity of …

According to the disturbance‐succession theory, natural disturbances support biodiversity
and are expected to increase the complexity of food‐webs in forest ecosystems by opening …

The use of the spiders as the biological agents in the control of pests in different crops is the
most important alternative which can be used instead of the chemicals and insecticides. The …

Functional responses–the relationships between consumer foraging rate and resource
(prey) density–provide key insights into consumer-resource interactions and predation …