Effects of Natural Enemy Biodiversity on the Suppression of Arthropod Herbivores in Terrestrial Ecosystems

By D. Letourneau, Julie A. Jedlicka, S. Bothwell, C. Moreno. 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Wildflower plantings enhance the abundance of natural enemies and their services in adjacent blueberry fields (2015, background): “There is less information on the relationship of these resources to the delivery of function rather than support of biodiversity (Letourneau et al., 2009, 2011), but we have recently found that natural enemy density and diversity increase with the area of native wildflower resources available, with…”
Non-crop vegetation associated with chili pepper agroecosystems promote the abundance and survival of aphid predators (2013, unknown): “Pest control efﬁcacy may also be associated with higher density (Straub and Snyder, 2006) and diversity (Cardinale et al., 2003; Snyder et al., 2006; Letourneau et al., 2009) of predators.”
Evidence that organic farming promotes pest control (2018, background): “On the other hand, several studies have found lower levels of pest infestation in organic farming systems due to either farming practices that limit pest establishment and development (for example, crop rotation) and/or positive impacts of organic management on natural enemies 18,21,22 .”
Effects of landscape structure on avian-mediated insect pest control services: a review (2017, background): “Even for well-studied systems such as coffee plantations and apple orchards, robust data about the identity of species that provide pest control or the per capita impact on insect pest density are remarkably scarce (Letourneau et al. 2009).”
Relationships between biodiversity and biological control in agroecosystems: Current status and future challenges (2014, background): “The mechanisms by which species richness affects biological control of arthropods have been reviewed (Schmitz, 2007; Letourneau et al., 2009), and we only briefly discuss them to provide context for the remainder of the review (Fig.”
Does landscape composition affect pest abundance and their control by natural enemies? A review (2013, background): “Further, conservation of species enemy diversity does not always increase biological control because of intraguild predation or the absence of niche complementarity among enemies (Bianchi et al., 2006; Straub et al., 2008; Letourneau et al., 2009; Macfadyen et al., 2009).”
Forest management and natural biocontrol of insect pests (2016, background): “The diversity of generalist natural enemies could also be higher in structurally more complex stands (Root, 1973; Jakel and Roth, 2004; Carnus et al., 2006), potentially increasing the pest mortality (Snyder et al., 2006; Letourneau et al., 2009).”
A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production (2019, result): “These results complement previous findings for 201 pollination (6, 14, 23) and pest control (24) and indicate that: (i) both richness and abundance 202 contribute to support these two key ecosystem services in agriculture; and (ii) abundance and 203 richness influence each other and cannot be interp”