Larger wildflower plantings increase natural enemy density, diversity, and biological control of sentinel prey, without increasing herbivore density
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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science
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- Flower plantings increase wild bee abundance and the pollination services provided to a pollination-dependent crop (2014, background): “Furthermore, increasing the size of the habitat can positively impact the services provided by insects supported by the additional floral resources (Blaauw & Isaacs 2012).”
- Wildflower plantings enhance the abundance of natural enemies and their services in adjacent blueberry fields (2015, methodology): “…resources are expected to have more resources, and hence higher capacity to support populations of beneficial insects (Slobodkin, 1980; Kruess and Tscharntke, 2000), as well as positively affecting the services provided by beneficial insects (Blaauw and Isaacs, 2012; Blaauw and Isaacs, 2014b).”
- Pollination reservoirs for wild bee habitat enhancement in cropping systems: a review (2017, background): “It is possible that PRs will benefit pest insects, but studies document positive effects of planting size on pest control (Blaauw and Isaacs 2012) and meta-analyses suggest that diverse plantings reduce pest pressure (Balzan, Bocci, and Moonen 2016; Letourneau et al. 2011).”
- Beyond nectar provision: the other resource requirements of parasitoid biological control agents (2016, background): “…and the amount, density, and diversity of floral resources required to improve pest suppression services (van Emden, 1990; Andow, 1991; W€ackers et al., 2005; Hegland & Boeke, 2006; Lavandero et al., 2006; Araj et al., 2008; Haaland et al., 2011; Letourneau et al., 2011; Blaauw & Isaacs, 2012).”