Claim · #6495187
Hymenoptera (order) · biocontrol · Arthropoda (phylum)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“natural enemy diversity including parasitoids reduces herbivore abundance”
- 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
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Parasitoid Hymenoptera contribution to biocontrol is foundational; inferred tier appropriate given indirect source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Hymenopteran parasitoids attack herbivorous hosts — canonical mechanism (Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, Aphidiinae etc.). Plausible.”
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