Relationships between natural enemy diversity and biological control

Sammanfattning

Natural enemy diversity generally strengthens biological control, but individual studies have found everything from positive to negative effects. We discuss the factors that promote these different outcomes. We argue that a trait-based approach is helpful to improve our understanding of the relationship between enemy diversity and biological control, and suggest that enemy diversity is likely to be particularly important as an insurance against effects of climate change. Future research should increase the scale and ecological realism of enemy diversity studies, and consider both the strength and stability of biological control. Such research is likely to reveal even stronger evidence that conserving enemy biodiversity will improve biological pest control.

Publicerad i

Current Opinion in Insect Science
2017, Volym: 20, sidor: 1-6 Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU författare

• Jonsson, Mattias

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

SDG13 Bekämpa klimatförändringarna
SDG15 Ekosystem och biologisk mångfald


UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekologi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.01.001

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/92470