Phytoseiidae mites are efficient predators, able to control pest mites and small arthropods in
crops all over the world, using three biological control strategies:(i) augmentation,(ii) …

Functional biodiversity is of fundamental importance for pest control. Many natural enemies
rely on floral resources to complete their life cycle. Farmers need to ensure the availability of …

Ant–plant interactions are diverse and abundant and include classic models in the study of
mutualism and other biotic interactions. By estimating a time-scaled phylogeny of more than …

There is increasing evidence that the outcomes of mutualistic interactions between ants and
plants bearing extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) are context‐dependent. In particular, the total …

Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) mediating ecologically important ant–plant protection
mutualisms are especially common and unusually diverse in the Leguminosae. We present …

Urban ecological communities are shaped by an array of environmental and physical factors
that include climate, biogeography, species interactions, dispersal, and ecological filters at …

In agricultural fields, wildflower strips can be sown to enhance conservation biological
control of insect pests. However, issues remain regarding the composition of flower mixtures …

Knowledge of the role of ants in many agroecosystems is relatively scarce, and in temperate
regions the possibility to exploit ants as biocontrol agents for crop protection is still largely …

Plants provide extrafloral nectar, which is a food resource taken by ants, especially
aggressive species that may act as plant guards. To our knowledge, no study has been …

Recent studies link increased ozone (O3) and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels to alteration of
plant performance and plant-herbivore interactions, but their interactive effects on plant …