The coconut black-headed caterpillar (BHC), Opisina arenosella Walker (Lepidoptera:
Xyloryctidae) is an important herbivore of palm trees that originates in South Asia. Over the …

Highlights•Steps towards summarizing plant-insect communities are outlined•Pest
management strategies can make use of descriptive community metrics•Manipulative and …

Diversification of cultivation systems plays a critical role in ecosystem functions such as pest
control, diversity of beneficial arthropods, and soil fertility. Repellent plants (releasing …

Many parasitoids alter their reproductive behaviour in response to the quality of encountered
hosts. They make adaptive decisions concerning whether to parasitise a potential host, the …

Understanding how resource diversification affects ecological interactions, food web
structure and ecosystem functioning is essential in both fundamental and applied ecology …

Abstract Opisina arenosella Walker (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) is a major pest of coconut,
Cocos nucifera L.(Arecaceae), but also of other palm plant species. Information on its life …

In nature, any particular terrestrial habitat contains animal, plant, fungi, and microbe species
that exist together in both time and space. Many of these species will interact with each …

Kinship among interacting individuals is often associated with sociality and also with sex
ratio effects. Parasitoids in the bethylid genus Goniozus are sub‐social, with single …

The question of whether organic or conventional agriculture is most suitable for meeting
world food requirements and improving resilience to climate change is the topic of much …

Understanding the composition and dynamics of ecological communities is challenging
because of the large number of organisms present and their numerous interactions. Among …