Claim · #6492032
Oedothorax apicatus · biocontrol · Arthropoda (herbivores, general)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Sown weed strips in cereal fields: overwintering site and source habitat for Oedothorax apicatus”
- Authors
- Yousefi M., Marja R., Barmettler E., Six J., Dray A., Ghazoul J.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development
- Page
- 14
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Oedothorax apicatus is a well-documented linyphiid predatory spider in cereal agroecosystems; sown weed strips as overwintering/source habitat for epigeal predators is consistent with established IPM literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Oedothorax apicatus is a well-documented linyphiid predatory spider in cereal agroecosystems; use of weed/flower strips as overwintering refugia and source habitat is consistent with established spider ecology and IPM literature.”
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