Plant–microbe interactions are ubiquitous. Plants are threatened by pathogens, but they are
even more commonly engaged in neutral or mutualistic interactions with microbes …

Plants secrete extrafloral nectar (EFN) as an induced defense against herbivores. EFN
contains not only carbohydrates and amino acids but also pathogenesis-related proteins …

Aim To investigate the overall effect of spiders on pest suppression and crop performance,
and to explore the extent to which the biocontrol efficacy of spiders depends on the …

Ecosystem engineering is increasingly recognized as a relevant ecological driver of diversity
and community composition. Although engineering impacts on the biota can vary from …

A vast body of research demonstrates that many ecological and evolutionary processes can
only be understood from a tri‐trophic viewpoint, that is, one that moves beyond the pairwise …

Volatile compounds and extrafloral nectar are common defenses of wild plants; however, in
crops they bear an as-yet underused potential for biological control of pests and diseases …

Ecologists have long searched for a framework of a priori species traits to help predict
predator–prey interactions in food webs. Empirical evidence has shown that predator …

Abstract The Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) is a keen predator of honeybees and other
insects. Its success as invasive species threatens the stability of ecosystem services …

Ant–plant symbioses involve plants that provide hollow structures specialized for housing
ants and often food to ants. In return, the inhabiting ants protect plants against herbivores …

Habitat management under the auspices of conservation biological control is a widely used
approach to foster conditions that ensure a diversity of predator species can persist spatially …