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The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: A quantitative synthesis
(Wiley, 2020-10)
Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of different floral plantings, their ...
From poachers to gamekeepers: perceptions of farmers towards ecosystem services on arable farmland
(International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability., 2007)
Management of ecosystem services (ES) is vital to maintain and improve the productivity of agricultural systems in order to meet the food demands of a growing human population. However, some land management practices can ...
Intensified agriculture favors evolved resistance to biological control
(National Academy of Sciences, 2017-04-11)
Increased regulation of chemical pesticides and rapid evolution of pesticide resistance have increased calls for sustainable pest management. Biological control offers sustainable pest suppression, partly because evolution ...
Using next-generation sequencing to analyse the diet of a highly endangered land snail (Powelliphanta augusta) feeding on endemic earthworms
(Public Library of Science, 2013-09-27)
Predation is often difficult to observe or quantify for species that are rare, very small, aquatic or nocturnal. The assessment of such species’ diet can be conducted using molecular methods that target prey DNA remaining ...
Significance and value of non-traded ecosystem services on farmland
(Peer J, 2015-02-17)
Background. Ecosystem services (ES) generated within agricultural landscapes, including field boundaries, are vital for the sustainable supply of food and fibre. However, the value of ES in agriculture has not been quantified ...
Food and nutritional security requires adequate protein as well as energy, delivered from whole-year crop production
(PeerJ, 2016-07-12)
© 2016 Coles et al.Human food security requires the production of sufficient quantities of both high-quality protein and dietary energy. In a series of case-studies from New Zealand, we show that while production of food ...
The impact of floral resources and omnivory on a four trophic level food web
(Cambridge University Press, 2008-12-09)
Omnivory is common among arthropods, but little is known about how availability of plant resources and prey affects interactions between species operating at the third and fourth trophic level. We used laboratory and field ...
Identifying plant DNA in the faeces of a generalist insect pest to inform trap cropping strategy
(Springer on behalf of INRA, 2019-12)
Monocropping elevates many insects to the status of economic pests. In these agroecosystems, non-crop habitats are sometimes deployed as trap crops to reduce pest damage. This environmentally friendly alternative to ...
Efficacy of heat for weed control varies with heat source, tractor speed, weed species and size
(Taylor and Francis Online on behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2017)
The efficacy of a direct-fired, tractor-mounted steam weeder was compared with that of a flame weeder. At a tractor speed of 3 km h⁻¹, steam killed 100% of 10-day-old mustard plants, sown as a surrogate weed, and flame ...
Incongruence between morphological and molecular markers in the butterfly genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in New Zealand
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc. on behalf of the Royal Entomological Society, 2013-01)
The butterfly genus Zizina in New Zealand has a complex taxonomic history due to the presence of morphological intermediates between the two species, the endemic Z. oxleyi and the introduced Z. labradus, in a putative ...