Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land-use change.

ABSTRACT: Control of crop pests by shifting host plant availability and natural enemy activity at landscape scales has great potential to enhance the sustainability of agriculture. However, mainstreaming natural pest control requires improved understanding of how its benefits can be realized across a variety of agroecological contexts. Empirical studies suggest significant but highly variable responses of natural pest control to land-use change. Current ecological models are either too specific to provide insight across agroecosystems or too generic to guide management with actionable predictions. We suggest obtaining the full benefit of available empirical, theoretical, and methodological knowledge by combining trait-mediated understanding from correlative studies with the explicit representation o

SUBMITTER: Alexandridis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078142 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature