Claim · #6495219
Insecta (class) · pest pressure · Angiospermae (division)
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“predator loss may release herbivore populations in croplands”
- Authors
- Outhwaite C.L., McCann P., Newbold T.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Nature
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Predator release leading to herbivore outbreaks is classic trophic-cascade theory; agroecology literature supports the mechanism (Altieri, Landis).”
- entomologist · plausible
“Loss of generalist predators releases herbivore populations (mesopredator/herbivore release). Mechanism widely supported in IPM literature.”
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