The intensification of agriculture has created concerns about soil degradation and toxicity of
agricultural chemicals to non-target organisms. As a result, there is great urgency for …

Biological control provides an environmentally safe, cost-effective and energyefficient
means of pest control, either alone or as a component of integrated pest management. The …

Numerous lab and field studies have reported the potential of soil predatory mites for the
biological control of plant-parasitic nematodes and arthropods pests. Most of these studies …

Biological indicators based on abundances of soil organisms are powerful tools for inferring
functional and diversity changes in soils affected by agricultural perturbations. Field plots …

Worldwide increasing levels of anthelmintic resistance are pushing farmers and health
advisors towards a more sustainable management of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN), one …

Ecological theory suggests that density‐dependent regulation of organism abundance will
vary from exogenous to endogenous factors depending on trophic structure. Changes in …

This study is aimed at the development of a method for integrated mite control in the
industrial production of Iberian and Alentejan ham. The investigations were carried out on …

In a previous study, soil suppressiveness to populations of the plant-parasitic nematode
Meloidogyne incognita was correlated with abundance of omnivore and predatory …

Plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) pose a major constraint on world agriculture resulting in
significant yield losses especially in the developing countries where suitable and effective …

Using the African diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius and four sympatric passerine foster
species in the subfamily Ploceinae, we show that nestling cuckoos are infested by feather …