How do we redesign agricultural landscapes to maintain their productivity and profitability,
while promoting rather than eradicating biodiversity, and regenerating rather than …

BACKGROUND Birds have been shown to reduce pest effects on various ecosystem types.
This study aimed to synthesize the effect of birds on pest abundance, product damage and …

CONTEXT Identifying sustainable practices and landscape features that enhance the
abundance of organisms providing ecosystem services can be challenging due to a limited …

Although conversion of natural forest to agriculture can negatively impact biodiversity in
many ways, some affected species may respond by dispersing across the forest–farmland …

Because it keeps land in production, conservation programs that focus on in-field habitat
manipulations may help farmers better support predators than by building predator habitat …

Pest management strategies involve a complex set of considerations, circumstances, and
decision-making. Existing research suggests that farmers are reflexive and reflective in their …

Parasitoids represent the third trophic level in plant-insect food webs. They develop in or on
herbivorous insects at the second trophic level, which in turn feed on plants that constitute …

Résumé Les plantations d'arbres initiées dans le cadre du projet EcoMakala dans la
province du Nord-Kivu, en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), constituent, avec …

Intensification of agriculture to maximise crop production leads to disruption of ecosystem
services such as of biological control of herbivore pests. Habitat management is a well …

Agriculture-dominated landscapes harbor significantly diminished biodiversity. Woody
vegetation along field margins can provide farmers with ecosystem services and benefit …