Conservation biological control aims to enhance populations of natural enemies of insect
pests in crop habitats, typically by intentional provision of flowering plants as food resources …

Worldwide, the use of managed bees for crop pollination and honey production has
increased dramatically. Concerns about the pressures of these increases on native …

Conservation biological control (CBC) is a sustainable approach to pest management that
can contribute to a reduction in pesticide use as part of an Integrated Pest Management …

Providing key resources to animals may enhance both their biodiversity and the ecosystem
services they provide. We examined the performance of annual flower strips targeted at the …

Sown flower strips are increasingly implemented within agri‐environment schemes (AES) to
increase functional biodiversity and ecosystem services such as pollination or natural pest …

There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the simplification of land uses
associated with a strong dependence on agrochemical inputs is decreasing environmental …

Increasing the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides in agroecosystems has led to higher
crop yields, accompanied by a decline in biodiversity at the levels of field, cropping system …

Diet is one of the most common influences on parasitoid reproductive traits. The life span,
mating ability, fecundity, fertility and sex ratio of parasitoids can be affected by the quality of …

In crop systems, different types of plant or secondary crop may be grown together with the
primary crop for pest management purposes. These additional plants–henceforth called …

In recent decades, agricultural intensification has led to a loss of biodiversity and associated
ecosystem services such as natural pest control. Conservation biological control addresses …