Agricultural intensification has resulted in a simplification of agricultural landscapes by the
expansion of agricultural land, enlargement of field size and removal of non-crop habitat …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 922–932 Abstract Many studies in recent years have investigated
the relationship between landscape complexity and pests, natural enemies and/or pest …

Conservation biological control in agroecosystems requires a landscape management
perspective, because most arthropod species experience their habitat at spatial scales …

Landscape management could contribute to sustainable pest control. Landscape
composition, in particular, could either directly impact a pest abundance by affecting its …

Over the past century, agricultural landscapes worldwide have increasingly been managed
for the primary purpose of producing food, while other diverse ecosystem services …

Summary 1 The distribution and abundance of animals are influenced by factors at both
local and wider landscape scales. Natural enemies of pests in arable fields often immigrate …

Analyses at multiple spatial scales may show how important ecosystem services such as
biological control are determined by processes acting on the landscape scale. We examined …

Given the challenges posed to agriculture by future climatic changes, and the need to
reduce environmental impacts, a key challenge is to develop resilient food production …

A common approach to the conservation of farmland biodiversity and the promotion of
multifunctional landscapes, particularly in landscapes containing only small remnants of non …

Annual crop fields typically are simple habitats dominated by a few plant species where
pesticides play a major role in managing weed and insect infestations. Recently, there has …