Biological control in winter: Novel evidence for importance of generalist predators
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| Rok publikování | 2015 |
| Druh | Článek v odborném periodiku |
| Časopis / Zdroj | Journal of Applied Ecology |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
| Citace | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12363 |
| Obor | Zoologie |
| Klíčová slova | agroecology; agroecosystems; biological control; intraguild predation; Araneae; Cacopsylla; model; Homoptera |
| Popis | The role of generalist predators in pest control has been neglected because generalists are not able to track pest populations. Generalist predators are suggested to be important in spring before specialist predators become active. Here, we show that some generalist predators are important even during winter, when the majority of arthropod pests and their enemies are dormant. We quantified the role of winter-active generalist predators on the suppression of pear psylla during winter using a discrete nonlinear model of an intraguild predation system. |
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