Search Results - "Rusch, Adrien"
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Agricultural landscape simplification reduces natural pest control: A quantitative synthesis
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-04-2016)“…•This is the first quantitative synthesis of the effect of landscape simplification on biological pest control.•We found a consistent negative effect of…”
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The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe
Published in Ecology letters (01-07-2019)“…Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key aim of a sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement…”
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When natural habitat fails to enhance biological pest control – Five hypotheses
Published in Biological conservation (01-12-2016)“…Ecologists and farmers often have contrasting perceptions about the value of natural habitat in agricultural production landscapes, which so far has been…”
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Multi-community effects of organic and conventional farming practices in vineyards
Published in Scientific reports (07-06-2021)“…Understanding the response of biodiversity to organic farming is crucial to design more sustainable agriculture. While it is known that organic farming…”
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Avian pest control in vineyards is driven by interactions between bird functional diversity and landscape heterogeneity
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-04-2017)“…1. Insectivorous birds are increasingly recognized for the crucial pest control services they provide to agroecosystems. While both the foraging activity and…”
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Flow and stability of natural pest control services depend on complexity and crop rotation at the landscape scale
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-04-2013)“…1. Increasing landscape complexity can enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems. However, policies based on conversion of arable land into…”
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Effect of crop diversity on predation activity and population dynamics of the mirid predator Nesidiocoris tenuis
Published in Journal of pest science (01-09-2020)“…A considerable body of evidence has demonstrated the positive impact of the diversity of plant species on biological control of pests at the field scale…”
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Benefits of increased cover crop diversity for predators and biological pest control depend on the landscape context
Published in Ecological solutions and evidence (01-07-2021)“…Increasing plant diversity in agricultural systems is a promising way to balance food production and biodiversity conservation. Biological pest control, a…”
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Semi-natural habitats are key to breeding bird diversity in intensified vineyard landscapes across Europe
Published in Basic and applied ecology (01-12-2024)“…In climatically suitable regions across Europe, vineyards can be the dominant perennial crop type. While many wine-growing landscapes are intensively managed,…”
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Organic farming expansion drives natural enemy abundance but not diversity in vineyard‐dominated landscapes
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-12-2019)“…Organic farming is seen as a prototype of ecological intensification potentially able to conciliate crop productivity and biodiversity conservation in…”
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Proportion of Grassland at Landscape Scale Drives Natural Pest Control Services in Agricultural Landscapes
Published in Frontiers in ecology and evolution (14-04-2021)“…Managing regulating ecosystem services delivered by biodiversity in farmland is a way to maintain crop yields while reducing the use of agrochemicals. Because…”
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Vineyard Management and Its Impacts on Soil Biodiversity, Functions, and Ecosystem Services
Published in Frontiers in ecology and evolution (22-07-2022)“…Healthy soils form the basis of sustainable viticulture, where soil characteristics have a direct impact on wine quantity and quality. Soil not only provides…”
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From biodiversity to health: Quantifying the impact of diverse ecosystems on human well‐being
Published in People and nature (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-02-2023)“…Ample evidence suggests positive effects of species diversity on ecosystem functioning and services in natural and agricultural landscapes. Less obvious and…”
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At Which Spatial Scale Does Crop Diversity Enhance Natural Enemy Populations and Pest Control? An Experiment in a Mosaic Cropping System
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (21-08-2022)“…The importance of plant richness to enhance the presence, biodiversity and efficiency of natural enemies in agricultural systems has largely been studied and…”
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Using crop diversity to lower pesticide use: Socio-ecological approaches
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-01-2022)“…The farming practices adopted since the end of the Second World War, based on large areas of monocultures and chemical use, have adversely affected the health…”
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Organic farming at local and landscape scales fosters biological pest control in vineyards
Published in Ecological applications (01-01-2019)“…While organic farming practices, which are often promoted as models of ecological intensification, generally enhance biodiversity, their effects on the…”
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Conserving species‐rich predator assemblages strengthens natural pest control in a climate warming context
Published in Agricultural and forest entomology (01-02-2017)“…Recent evidence has shown that a consideration of multiple drivers is important if we want to understand how ecosystem functioning will respond to global…”
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Both long-term grasslands and crop diversity are needed to limit pest and weed infestations in agricultural landscapes
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-12-2023)“…Increasing landscape heterogeneity has been suggested to be an important strategy to strengthen natural pest control in crops, especially through enhancing the…”
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Pesticide use and soil disturbance shape springtail communities in vineyards
Published in Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-12-2024)“…Farming practices are known to affect soil fauna, which are essential for soil functioning. However, we lack quantitative assessment of the effect of several…”
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Grape moth density in Bordeaux vineyards depends on local habitat management despite effects of landscape heterogeneity on their biological control
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-12-2017)“…1. Biological control of crop pests is a major ecosystem service affected by several variables acting at multiple spatial scales. Among these variables,…”
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