Claim · #6495176
Arthropoda (phylum) · biocontrol · Arthropoda (phylum)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“natural enemy diversity reduced herbivore abundance across 89 studies”
- Authors
- Dainese M., Martin E.A., Aizen M.A., Albrecht M., Bartomeus I., Bommarco R., Carvalheiro L.G., Chaplin-Kramer R., Gagic V., Garibaldi L.A., Ghazoul J., Grab H., Jonsson M., Karp D.S., Kennedy C.M., Kleijn D., Kremen C., Landis D.A., Letourneau D.K., Marini L., Poveda K., Rader R., Smith H.G., Tscharntke T., Winfree R., Zhang W., Zou Y., et al.
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Science Advances
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Matches Dainese et al. 2019 Science Advances meta-analysis: natural enemy diversity suppressing herbivores across 89 studies is a headline finding.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Predator/parasitoid diversity suppressing herbivore abundance is well-supported by meta-analyses (Letourneau, Dainese); mechanism of complementary niche use is established.”
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