Claim · #6495186
Arthropoda (phylum) · biocontrol · Arthropoda (phylum)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“natural enemy diversity significantly 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
“Direct quote from Dainese-style meta-analysis; natural enemy diversity → herbivore suppression is well-replicated globally.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Biocontrol via predation+parasitoidism by diverse natural enemies is core entomology; meta-analytic effect size well-supported.”
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