Claim · #6492415
Arthropoda (phylum) · biocontrol · Meligethes aeneus
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“parasitism of rape pollen beetle was about 50% at the edge of the fields, while at the centre of the fields parasitism dropped significantly to 20%”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 19
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Edge-interior parasitism gradients for pollen beetle parasitoids are well-documented; 50% edge vs 20% centre figures align with published German landscape-ecology studies.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Parasitoid spillover from non-crop habitats creating edge-centre gradients in M. aeneus parasitism is well-documented in European landscape ecology literature; figures (50% edge vs 20% centre) are biologically realistic.”
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