Claim · #6492169
Aves (class) · biocontrol · Lepidoptera (order)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“raising the water level, which carries the larvae into the field ridges, where birds congregate to eat them”
- 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
- 121
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Water-level manipulation flushing larvae to field ridges where birds forage is a documented traditional IPM practice in Southeast Asian paddy systems; source quote directly supports the structured mechanism and effect direction.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Birds predating Lepidoptera larvae concentrated on ridges by flooding is biologically consistent; larval stage correctly identified as the prey stage.”
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