Claim · #6495188
Coccinellidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“predator diversity suppresses herbivore pests in agricultural landscapes”
- 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
“Coccinellid-aphid biocontrol within natural enemy diversity framework is widely supported in landscape agroecology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Direct predation of aphids by coccinellid adults+larvae is textbook. Mechanism and effect direction correct.”
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