Burgeoning consumer interest in organically produced foods has made organic farming one
of the fastest growing segments of agriculture. This growth has not been supported …

Sentinel prey can provide a direct, quantitative measure of predation under field conditions.
Live sentinel prey provides more realistic data but rarely allows the partitioning of the total …

A biodiversity-based paradigm for sustainable agriculture is a potential solution for many of
the problems associated with intensive, high input agriculture, and for greater resilience to …

Feeding on Non-Prey Resources by Natural Enemies Moshe Coll Reports on the
consumption of non-prey food sources, particularly plant materials, by predators and …

Summary 1 Generalist arthropod predators act as natural enemies of insect pests in agro‐
ecosystems. Crop management activities may cause a reduction in arthropod densities …

Malaise traps are important tools for the large-scale collection of arthropod taxa. Here, an
extensive review of the history and literature concerning Malaise and canopy traps is given …

Reduction of noncrop habitats, intensive use of pesticides and high levels of disturbance
associated with intensive crop production simplify the farming landscape and bring about a …

Provision and manipulation of shelter habitat features within the agroecosystem provide a
strategy for enhancing the effectiveness of natural enemies for biological pest control …

Conservation biological control (CBC) seeks to promote the occurrence of natural enemies
of agricultural pests by managing habitat to provide key resources in and around farm fields …

Spatial ecology includes research into factors responsible for observed distribution patterns
of organisms. Moreover, the spatial distribution of an animal at a given spatial scale and in a …