Claim · #6495352
predatory and parasitoid arthropods · biocontrol · crop pest arthropods
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Diversification practices targeting the aboveground environment ... increased pest control”
- Authors
- Tamburini G., Bommarco R., Wanger T.C., Kremen C., van der Heijden M.G.A., Liebman M., Hallin S.
- Year
- 2020
- Publication
- Science Advances
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aboveground diversification supporting natural-enemy pest control with lnRR=0.23 (95% CI 0.04-0.41) is consistent with Dainese 2019 / landscape biocontrol meta-analyses. Direction correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Predatory/parasitoid arthropod suppression of pests via habitat diversification (enemies hypothesis, Root 1973) is foundational entomological consensus. Effect size matches published meta-analyses.”
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