Los artrópodos conforman una parte importante de la biodiversidad de los ecosistemas
terrestres, teniendo un rol clave en las cadenas tróficas, proveyendo de uno de los servicios …

Arthropod declines have been linked to agricultural intensification. However, information
about the impacts of intensification is still limited for many crops, as is our understanding of …

The olive moth, Prays oleae, is one of the most common insects that damages olives in the
Mediterranean region. The establishment of ground cover within olive orchards has been …

Ants play a key role in improving the structure and function of local communities. They
interact with plants, herbivores, predators and parasitoids and are able to change their …

Biological control of pests can be enhanced by the presence of semi‐natural habitats within
agricultural landscapes. However, this assumption remains controversial due to …

The use of ground cover vegetation is becoming a prominent way of promoting biodiversity
and associated ecosystem services in Chinese orchards. Despite the large number of …

Components of a surrounding agricultural matrix can be important to the ecology of
agroecosystems because they modulate biodiversity, abundance of pests (ie, arthropods or …

Semi-natural habitat complexity and organic management could affect the abundance and
diversity of natural enemies and pollinators in olive orchards. Nonetheless, in such …

Many natural control agents of olive pests need pollen and nectar from non-crop plants in
order to complete their life cycles. However, a deep knowledge about the occurring plant …

Ecological gradients are important for species in nature. However, there is a need to better
understand how varying levels of disturbance influence the functional roles of beetle species …