Great tits can reduce caterpillar damage in apple orchards

By Christel M. M. Mols, M. Visser. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Effects of landscape structure on avian-mediated insect pest control services: a review (2017, background): “between landscape heterogeneity and pest control processes are particularly welcome, for example using predator enrichment approaches such as hunting perches, intercropping additional resources (Jones and Sieving 2006), or installing nest boxes to attract birds to breeding and foraging in the matrix”
Bird Predation On Spiders: Ecological Mechanisms And Evolutionary Consequences (2007, background): “Many studies have focused on the economic importance because of the large values that can be gained by reduction of insect herbivore populations in agricultural areas or managed forests (Takekawa & Garton 1984; Mols & Visser 2002).”
Management trade‐offs on ecosystem services in apple orchards across Europe: Direct and indirect effects of organic production (2018, background): “It is also evident that our focus on arthropod natural enemies ignore birds, which are known to reduce both caterpillar and aphid damage in apple (García, Miñarro, & Martínez- Sastre, 2018; Mols & Visser, 2002).”
Providing nest boxes for hole-nesting birds – Does habitat matter? (2005, background): “…to increase nest site availability and quality for secondary cavity-nesting birds (reviewed in Newton 1998), and this technique has also been used for biological control of insect pests by attracting hole-nesting passerines to managed coniferous forests or orchards (e.g., Mols and Visser 2002).”
Use of artificial tree hollows by Australian birds and bats (2009, background): “In Europe there is increasing recognition of the value of nest boxes to attract hole-nesting birds as ameans of controlling insect pests in forests and orchards (Mols and Visser 2002).”
Food and Green Space in Cities: A Resilience Lens on Gardens and Urban Environmental Movements (2015, background): “Examples include the common practice of protecting insectivorous bird habitats and supporting pest regulation (Mols and Visser, 2002; Andersson et al., 2007), practices that are tacitly carried forward in time.”
Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds (2008, background): “Mols and Visser (2002) reported that emplacement of nesting boxes to attract great tits (Parus major) reduced caterpillars and fruit damage and increased fruit yield.”
Avian pest control in vineyards is driven by interactions between bird functional diversity and landscape heterogeneity (2017, background): “This predation not only lowers herbivore abundance but also significantly reduces leaf damage and plant mortality, potentially leading to up to 60% increase in crop yield or fruit production (Mols & Visser 2002; M€antyl€a, Klemola & Laaksonen 2011; Whelan, Sekercioglu & Wenny 2015).”