Claim · #6495189
Arthropoda (phylum) · biocontrol · Arthropoda (phylum)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“natural enemies suppress pest populations across crop systems”
- 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
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Higher natural enemy diversity → pest suppression is the central claim of biocontrol meta-analyses (Letourneau, Dainese). Plausible.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Predation+parasitoidism by natural enemy guild suppressing pest arthropods is well-validated; phylum-level coarseness acceptable for meta-claim.”
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