Search Results - "Entling, Martin H."
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High effectiveness of tailored flower strips in reducing pests and crop plant damage
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-09-2015)“…Providing key resources to animals may enhance both their biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide. We examined the performance of annual flower…”
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Wild Bee Conservation in Viticulture: Effects of Semi‐Natural Habitats, Organic Management, and Fungicide Reduction
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-10-2024)“…ABSTRACT In agricultural landscapes, the removal of semi‐natural habitats (SNH) and the intensive use of pesticides contribute to declines of biodiversity,…”
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Structure, function and management of semi-natural habitats for conservation biological control: a review of European studies
Published in Pest management science (01-09-2016)“…Different semi‐natural habitats occur on farmland, and it is the vegetation's traits and structure that subsequently determine their ability to support natural…”
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Tailored flower strips promote natural enemy biodiversity and pest control in potato crops
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-08-2016)“…1. Sown flower strips are increasingly implemented within agri-environment schemes (AES) to increase functional biodiversity and ecosystem services such as…”
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Seasonal shifts and complementary use of pollen sources by two bees, a lacewing and a ladybeetle species in European agricultural landscapes
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-11-2019)“…Continuous availability of food resources, such as pollen, is vital for many insects that provide pollination and pest control services to agriculture…”
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Increase in breeding bird abundance and diversity with semi-natural habitat in vineyard landscapes
Published in PloS one (21-08-2023)“…Agricultural expansion and intensification are major threats to biodiversity, and even some once common farmland bird species are now endangered. Wine-growing…”
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Differential responses of Orthoptera in vineyards to organic farming, pesticide reduction, and landscape heterogeneity
Published in Journal of insect conservation (01-10-2023)“…Conservation measures such as those under the European Green Deal aim to counteract the biodiversity loss by increasing the share of organic farming and…”
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Effects of local and landscape factors on spiders and olive fruit flies
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-04-2016)“…We compared local and landscape factors influencing the spider community in olive groves.Management, adjacent seminatural habitat and landscape composition…”
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Effect of fungicide sprays on spiders in vineyards
Published in European journal of entomology (01-01-2024)“…Spiders are the most abundant naturally occurring predators in vineyards and play a crucial role in natural pest control. However, vineyards are frequently…”
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Reading the Leaves' Palm: Leaf Traits and Herbivory along the Microclimatic Gradient of Forest Layers
Published in PloS one (18-01-2017)“…Microclimate in different positions on a host plant has strong direct effects on herbivores. But little is known about indirect effects due to changes of leaf…”
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Effects of habitat amount and isolation on biodiversity in fragmented traditional orchards
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-10-2010)“…1. Habitat fragmentation is a major threat to biodiversity and can lead to the loss of both species and ecosystem services, but fragmentation effects vary…”
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Prey naïveté rather than enemy release dominates the relation of an invasive spider toward a native predator
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-08-2021)“…Ecosystems may suffer from the impact of invasive species. Thus, understanding the mechanisms contributing to successful invasions is fundamental for limiting…”
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The influence of season, hunting mode, and habitat specialization on riparian spiders as key predators in the aquatic-terrestrial linkage
Published in Scientific reports (22-12-2023)“…Freshwater ecosystems subsidize riparian zones with high-quality nutrients via the emergence of aquatic insects. Spiders are dominant consumers of these insect…”
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Using Malaise Traps and Metabarcoding for Biodiversity Assessment in Vineyards: Effects of Weather and Trapping Effort
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (27-05-2022)“…Metabarcoding is a powerful tool for ecological studies and monitoring that might provide a solution to the time-consuming taxonomic identification of the vast…”
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Effects of habitat fragmentation on abundance, larval food and parasitism of a spider-hunting wasp
Published in PloS one (14-03-2013)“…Habitat fragmentation strongly affects species distribution and abundance. However, mechanisms underlying fragmentation effects often remain unresolved…”
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Increased propensity for aerial dispersal in disturbed habitats due to intraspecific variation and species turnover
Published in Oikos (01-07-2011)“…Animal dispersal depends on multiple factors, such as habitat features and life-history traits of the species. We studied the propensity for ballooning…”
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Insights into aphid prey consumption by ladybirds: Optimising field sampling methods and primer design for high throughput sequencing
Published in PloS one (01-07-2020)“…Elucidating the diets of insect predators is important in basic and applied ecology, such as for improving the effectiveness of conservation biological control…”
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Effects of vineyard management on biodiversity at three trophic levels
Published in Biological conservation (01-06-2010)“…In annual crops, where disturbance intensities are generally high, numerous investigations demonstrated beneficial effects of organic and other extensive…”
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Taxonomic and functional differentiation of spiders in habitats in a traditional olive producing landscape in Italy
Published in European journal of entomology (01-01-2020)“…Annual crops are generally assumed to host simplifi ed arthropod communities that depend on immigration from the surrounding landscape. Perennial, low-input…”
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Body size-climate relationships of European spiders
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-03-2010)“…Geographic body size patterns of mammals and birds can be partly understood under the framework of Bergmann's rule. Climatic influences on body size of…”
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