Abstract Purpose of Review This review highlights recent progress on how landscape
pattern (composition, configuration, landscape context, keystone landscape, scaling, and …

Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is one of the most important viral diseases of small grains
worldwide. An understanding of its epidemiology is crucial to control this disease in a …

Climate change will cause drastic fluctuations in agricultural ecosystems, which in turn may
affect global food security. We used ecological niche modeling to predict the potential …

The current environmental and economic challenges of the application of nitrogen (N)
fertilizer on crops are not only to provide an adequate food supply but also to reduce the …

This chapter provides practical information for landowners, producers, conservation
professionals, and students. It shows how windbreaks work, how organisms respond to wind …

Farmers' use of fungicides and insecticides constitutes a major threat to biodiversity that is
also endangering agriculture itself. Landscapes could be designed to take advantage of the …

Abstract Changes in land use is an important driver of insect pest population dynamics, but
the long-term effects of land use may be contingent on changes in some factors. To identify …

BACKGROUND Generalist predators play a key role in the biocontrol of insect pests in
agricultural systems. However, predators are subject to frequent mortality events due to …

En el planeta, durante los últimos años, los corredores biológicos han proliferado como
respuesta al proceso acelerado de fragmentación de los ecosistemas naturales. Basada en …

The conservation of species in human-modified landscapes such as agroforestry systems is
central to global conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Understanding the …