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Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlines both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control

Wyckhuys, K. A. G.; Wongtiem, P.; Rauf, A.; Thancharoen, A.; Heimpel, G. E.; Le, N. T. T.; Fanani, M. Z.; Gurr, G. M.; Lundgren, J. G.; Burra, D. D.; Palao, L. K.; Hyman, G.; Graziosi, I.; Le, V. X.; Cock, M. J. W.; Tscharntke, T.; Wratten, Stephen D.; Nguyen, L. V.; You, M.; Lu, Y.; Ketelaar, J. W.; Goergen, G.; Neuenschwander, P. (PeerJ, 2018-10-19)

Biological control, a globally-important ecosystem service, can provide long-term and broad-scale suppression of invasive pests, weeds and pathogens in natural, urban and agricultural environments. Following (few) historic ...

Scarcity of ecosystem services: an experimental manipulation of declining pollination rates and its economic consequences for agriculture

Sandhu, H. S.; Waterhouse, Benjamin; Boyer, Stephane; Wratten, Stephen D. (PeerJ, 2016-07-05)

Ecosystem services (ES) such as pollination are vital for the continuous supply of food to a growing human population, but the decline in populations of insect pollinators worldwide poses a threat to food and nutritional ...

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

Dainese, M.; Martin, E. A.; Aizen, M. A.; Albrecht, M.; Bartomeus, I.; Bommarco, R.; Carvalheiro, L. G.; Chaplin-Kramer, R.; Gagic, V.; Garibaldi, L. A.; Ghazoul, J.; Grab, H.; Jonsson, M.; Karp, D. S.; Kennedy, C. M.; Kleijn, D.; Kremen, C.; Landis, D. A.; Letourneau, D. K.; Marini, L.; Poveda, K.; Rader, R.; Smith, H. G.; Tscharntke, T.; Andersson, G. K. S.; Badenhausser, I.; Baensch, S.; Bezerra, A. D. M.; Bianchi, F. J. J. A.; Boreux, V.; Bretagnolle, V.; Caballero-Lopez, B.; Cavigliasso, P.; Ćetković, A.; Chacoff, N. P.; Classen, A.; Cusser, S.; Da Silva E Silva, F. D.; de Groot, G. A.; Dudenhöffer, J. H.; Ekroos, J.; Fijen, T.; Franck, P.; Freitas, B. M.; Garratt, M. P. D.; Gratton, C.; Hipólito, J.; Holzschuh, A.; Hunt, L.; Iverson, A. L.; Jha, S.; Keasar, T.; Kim, T. N.; Kishinevsky, M.; Klatt, B. K.; Klein, A. M.; Krewenka, K. M.; Krishnan, Smitha; Larsen, A. E.; Lavigne, C.; Liere, H.; Maas, B.; Mallinger, R. E.; Pachon, E. M.; Martínez-Salinas, A.; Meehan, T. D.; Mitchell, M. G. E.; Molina, G. A. R.; Nesper, M.; Nilsson, L.; O'Rourke, M. E.; Peters, M. K.; Plećaš, M.; Potts, S. G.; Ramos, D. D. L.; Rosenheim, J. A.; Rundlöf, M.; Rusch, A.; Sáez, A.; Scheper, J.; Schleuning, M.; Schmack, J. M.; Sciligo, A. R.; Seymour, Colleen; Stanley, D. A.; Stewart, R.; Stout, J. C.; Sutter, L.; Takada, M. B.; Taki, H.; Tamburini, G.; Tschumi, M.; Viana, B. F.; Westphal, C.; Willcox, B. K.; Wratten, Stephen D.; Yoshioka, A.; Zaragoza-Trello, C.; Zhang, Wei; Zou, Yi; Steffan-Dewenter, I. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019-10-16)

Human land use threatens global biodiversity and compromises multiple ecosystem functions critical to food production. Whether crop yield-related ecosystem services can be maintained by a few dominant species or rely on ...

Ecological and pest-management implications of sex differences in scarab landing patterns on grape vines

González-Chang, M.; Boyer, Stephane; Lefort, Marie-Caroline; Nboyine, Jerry; Wratten, Stephen D. (PeerJ, 2017-04-27)

Background: Melolonthinae beetles, comprising different white grub species, are a globally-distributed pest group. Their larvae feed on roots of several crop and forestry species, and adults can cause severe defoliation. ...

An improved method to produce adults of Costelytra zealandica White (Coleoptera: Melolothinae) from field-collected larvae

Chang, M.; Glare, Travis; Lefort, Marie-Caroline; Postic, E.; Wratten, Stephen D. (Entomological Society of New Zealand, 2017)

Rearing techniques provide a unique opportunity to study aspects of insect ecology, behaviour and physiology. Both the larval and adult stages in Melolonthinae scarabs have important impacts on crop and pasture yields worldwide. ...

Potential ecosystem service delivery by endemic plants in New Zealand vineyards: successes and prospects

Shields, Morgan; Tompkins, Jean-Marie; Saville, D.; Meurk, C. D.; Wratten, Stephen D. (PeerJ, 2016-06-22)

Vineyards worldwide occupy over 7 million hectares and are typically virtual monocultures, with high and costly inputs of water and agro-chemicals. Understanding and enhancing ecosystem services can reduce inputs and their ...

Global disparity in public awareness of the biological control potential of invertebrates

Wyckhuys, K. A. G.; Pozsgai, G.; Lovei, G. L.; Vasseur, L.; Wratten, Stephen D.; Gurr, G. M.; Reynolds, O. L.; Goettel, M. (Elsevier, 2019-04-10)

Invertebrates make up over 95% of animal biodiversity on Earth and contribute to multiple ecosystem services (ES) in natural and human-dominated systems. One such service, biological control (BC) of herbivorous pests, is ...

Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

Karp, D. S.; Chaplin-Kramer, R.; Meehan, T. D.; Martin, E. A.; DeClerck, F.; Grab, H.; Gratton, C.; Hunt, L.; Larsen, A. E.; Martínez-Salinas, A.; O Rourke, M. E.; Rusch, A.; Poveda, K.; Jonsson, M.; Rosenheim, J. A.; Schellhorn, N. A.; Tscharntke, T.; Wratten, Stephen D.; Zhang, Wei; Iverson, A. L.; Adler, L. S.; Albrecht, M.; Alignier, A.; Angelella, G. M.; Anjum, M. Z.; Avelino, J.; Batáry, P.; Baveco, J. M.; Bianchi, F. J. J. A.; Birkhofer, K.; Bohnenblust, E. W.; Bommarco, R.; Brewer, M. J.; Caballero-López, B.; Carrière, Y.; Carvalheiro, L. G.; Cayuela, L.; Centrella, M.; Ćetković, A.; Henri, D. C.; Chabert, A.; Costamagna, A. C.; De la Mora, A.; de Kraker, J.; Desneux, N.; Diehl, E.; Diekötter, T.; Dormann, C. F.; Eckberg, J. O.; Entling, M. H.; Fiedler, D.; Franck, P.; van Veen, F. J. F.; Frank, T.; Gagic, V.; Garratt, M. P. D.; Getachew, A.; Gonthier, D. J.; Goodell, P. B.; Graziosi, I.; Groves, R. L.; Gurr, G. M.; Hajian-Forooshani, Z.; Heimpel, G. E.; Herrmann, J. D.; Huseth, A. S.; Inclán, D. J.; Ingrao, A. J.; Iv, P.; Jacot, K.; Johnson, G. A.; Jones, L.; Kaiser, M.; Kaser, J. M.; Keasar, T.; Kim, T. N.; Kishinevsky, M.; Landis, D. A.; Lavandero, B.; Lavigne, C.; Le Ralec, A.; Lemessa, D.; Letourneau, D. K.; Liere, H.; Lu, Yanhui; Lubin, Y.; Luttermoser, T.; Maas, B.; Mace, K.; Madeira, F.; Mader, V.; Cortesero, A. M.; Marini, L.; Martinez, E.; Martinson, H. M.; Menozzi, P.; Mitchell, M. G. E.; Miyashita, T.; Molina, G. A. R.; Molina-Montenegro, M. A.; O'Neal, M. E.; Opatovsky, I.; Ortiz-Martinez, S.; Nash, M.; Östman, Ö.; Ouin, A.; Pak, D.; Paredes, D.; Parsa, S.; Parry, H.; Perez-Alvarez, R.; Perović, D. J.; Peterson, J. A.; Petit, S.; Philpott, S. M.; Plantegenest, M.; Plećas, M.; Pluess, T.; Pons, X.; Potts, S. G.; Pywell, R. F.; Ragsdale, D. W.; Rand, T. A.; Raymond, L.; Ricci, B.; Sargent, C.; Sarthou, J.-P.; Saulais, J.; Schäckermann, J.; Schmitt, N. P.; Schneider, G.; Schüepp, C.; Sivakoff, F. S.; Smith, H. G.; Stack Whitney, K.; Stutz, S.; Szendrei, Z.; Takada, M. B.; Taki, H.; Tamburini, G.; Thomson, L. J.; Tricault, Y.; Tsafack, N.; Tschumi, M.; Valantin-Morison, M.; Van Trinh, M.; van der Werf, W.; Vierling, K. T.; Werling, B. P.; Wickens, J. B.; Wickens, V. J.; Woodcock, B. A.; Wyckhuys, K. A. G.; Xiao, Haijun; Yasuda, M.; Yoshioka, A.; Zou, Yi (National Academy of Sciences, 2018-08-14)

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes ...