Claim · #6492094
natural enemies (unspecified) · biocontrol · pest insects (unspecified)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Pesticides and insecticides replace equilibriating mechanisms such as pest and insect predators”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 29
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Classic IPM trophic-regulation principle: pesticides disrupt predator/prey equilibria; source quote directly supports the mechanism and effect_direction fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“The claim that pesticides disrupt natural enemy-mediated pest population regulation is well-supported in IPM literature; predator/prey equilibration is a core biocontrol concept.”
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