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Stability lies in flowers: Plant diversification mediating shifts in arthropod food webs by Haro, Marcelo Mendes, Silveira, Luís Cláudio Paterno, Wilby, Andrew

“…Arthropod community composition in agricultural landscapes is dependent on habitat characteristics, such as plant composition, landscape homogeneity and the…”
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Getting More Power from Your Flowers: Multi-Functional Flower Strips Enhance Pollinators and Pest Control Agents in Apple Orchards by Campbell, Alistair John, Wilby, Andrew, Sutton, Peter, Wäckers, Felix

“…Flower strips are commonly recommended to boost biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services (e.g., pollination and pest control) on farmland. However,…”
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Herbivore species richness, composition and community structure mediate predator richness effects and top-down control of herbivore biomass by Wilby, Andrew, Orwin, Kate H.

“…Changes in predator species richness can have important consequences for ecosystem functioning at multiple trophic levels, but these effects are variable and…”
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Associational resistance or susceptibility: the indirect interaction between chemically-defended and non-defended herbivore prey via a shared predator by Nesbit, Christopher M., Menéndez, Rosa, Roberts, Mike R., Wilby, Andrew

“…Many organisms possess chemical defences against their natural enemies, which render them unpalatable or toxic when attacked or consumed. These…”
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Equivocal Evidence for Colony Level Stress Effects on Bumble Bee Pollination Services by Greenop, Arran, Mica-Hawkyard, Nevine, Walkington, Sarah, Wilby, Andrew, Cook, Samantha M, Pywell, Richard F, Woodcock, Ben A

“…Climate change poses a threat to global food security with extreme heat events causing drought and direct damage to crop plants. However, by altering…”
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Plant species composition alters the sign and strength of an emergent multi-predator effect by modifying predator foraging behaviour by Wilby, Andrew, Anglin, Linda Anderson, Nesbit, Christopher M

“…The prediction of pest-control functioning by multi-predator communities is hindered by the non-additive nature of species functioning. Such non-additivity,…”
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Arthropod Diversity and Community Structure in Relation to Land Use in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam by Wilby, Andrew, Lan, La Pham, Heong, Kong Luen, Huyen, Nguyen Phi Dieu, Quang, Nguyen Huu, Minh, Nguyen Viet, Thomas, Matt. B.

“…Declining biodiversity in agro-ecosystems, caused by intensification of production or expansion of monocultures, is associated with the emergence of…”
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Population synchrony indicates functional connectivity in a threatened sedentary butterfly by Blomfield, Alex, Menéndez, Rosa, Wilby, Andrew

“…Dispersal is a key influence on species’ persistence, particularly in the context of habitat fragmentation and environmental change. Previously, residual…”
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Do sown flower strips boost wild pollinator abundance and pollination services in a spring-flowering crop? A case study from UK cider apple orchards by Campbell, Alistair J., Wilby, Andrew, Sutton, Peter, Wäckers, Felix L.

“…•Flower strips increased wild insect but not honeybee visitation in orchards.•Fruit set was positively associated with wild bee visitation.•Wild bees have high…”
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The impact of field margins on biological pest control: a meta-analysis by Crowther, Lucy I., Wilson, Kenneth, Wilby, Andrew

“…Floral field margins are known to benefit invertebrate species diversity and abundance within agricultural landscapes, but variation in success limits…”
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Combining biological control approaches for managing insect crop pests in the field can generate interactive effects by Crowther, Lucy I., Wilby, Andrew, Wilson, Kenneth

“…With the loss of effective chemical controls of crop pests, a move towards biological controls is a way to future‐proof our agricultural system. Floral field…”
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Abandonment of cultural landscapes: butterfly communities track the advance of forest over grasslands by Mora, Amparo, Wilby, Andrew, Menéndez, Rosa

“…Rural landscapes in Europe have suffered considerable land-use change in the last 50 years, with agricultural intensification in western regions and land…”
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The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis by Albrecht, Matthias, Kleijn, David, Williams, Neal M., Tschumi, Matthias, Blaauw, Brett R., Bommarco, Riccardo, Campbell, Alistair J., Dainese, Matteo, Drummond, Francis A., Entling, Martin H., Ganser, Dominik, Arjen de Groot, G., Goulson, Dave, Grab, Heather, Hamilton, Hannah, Herzog, Felix, Isaacs, Rufus, Jacot, Katja, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jonsson, Mattias, Knop, Eva, Kremen, Claire, Landis, Douglas A., Loeb, Gregory M., Marini, Lorenzo, McKerchar, Megan, Morandin, Lora, Pfister, Sonja C., Potts, Simon G., Rundlöf, Maj, Sardiñas, Hillary, Sciligo, Amber, Thies, Carsten, Tscharntke, Teja, Venturini, Eric, Veromann, Eve, Vollhardt, Ines M.G., Wäckers, Felix, Ward, Kimiora, Wilby, Andrew, Woltz, Megan, Wratten, Steve, Sutter, Louis, Irwin, Rebecca

“…Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive…”
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Contrasting responses to microhabitat and temperature determine breeding habitat differentiation between two Viola ‐feeding butterflies by Wilby, Andrew, Grubb, Lydia Atkinson, Burrows, Jessica, Menéndez, Rosa

“…Abstract Since widespread monitoring began in 1976 in the UK, habitat‐specialist butterfly populations have declined dramatically. The main driver is habitat…”
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South European mountain butterflies at a high risk from land abandonment and amplified effects of climate change by Mora, Amparo, Wilby, Andrew, Menéndez, Rosa

“…Abstract Data from existing monitoring schemes point to a global crisis of butterflies across Europe, with habitat loss/degradation, climate change and…”
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Effects of species evenness and dominant species identity on multiple ecosystem functions in model grassland communities by Orwin, Kate H, Ostle, Nick, Wilby, Andrew, Bardgett, Richard D

“…Ecosystems provide multiple services upon which humans depend. Understanding the drivers of the ecosystem functions that support these services is therefore…”
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Legacy effects of grassland management on soil carbon to depth by Ward, Susan E., Smart, Simon M., Quirk, Helen, Tallowin, Jerry R. B., Mortimer, Simon R., Shiel, Robert S., Wilby, Andrew, Bardgett, Richard D.

“…The importance of managing land to optimize carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation is widely recognized, with grasslands being identified as having…”
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New understanding of the direct effects of spectral balance on behaviour in Myzus persicae by Fennell, Joseph T., Wilby, Andrew, Sobeih, Wagdy, Paul, Nigel D.

“…[Display omitted] •We tested behaviour of Myzus persicae under different illumination colours.•Wingless aphids use all three photoreceptors to find feeding…”
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Does agri-environment scheme participation in England increase pollinator populations and crop pollination services? by Image, Mike, Gardner, Emma, Clough, Yann, Smith, Henrik G., Baldock, Katherine C.R., Campbell, Alistair, Garratt, Mike, Gillespie, Mark A.K., Kunin, William E., McKerchar, Megan, Memmott, Jane, Potts, Simon G., Senapathi, Deepa, Stone, Graham N., Wackers, Felix, Westbury, Duncan B., Wilby, Andrew, Oliver, Tom H., Breeze, Tom D.

“…Agri-environment schemes are programmes where landholders enter into voluntary agreements (typically with governments) to manage agricultural land for…”
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Invertebrate community structure predicts natural pest control resilience to insecticide exposure by Greenop, Arran, Cook, Samantha M., Wilby, Andrew, Pywell, Richard F., Woodcock, Ben A., Marini, Lorenzo

“…Biological pest control has become one of the central principles of ecological intensification in agriculture. However, invertebrate natural enemies within…”
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