Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlines both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control

Biological control, a globally-important ecosystem service, can provide long-term and broad-scale suppression of invasive pests, weeds and pathogens in natural, urban and agricultural environments. Following (few) historic cases that led to sizeable environmental up-sets, the discipline of arthropod...

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Main Authors:	Wyckhuys, Kris A.G., Wongtiem, Prapit, Rauf, Aunu, Thancharoen, Anchana, Heimpel, George E., Le, Nhung T.T., Fanani, Muhammad Zainal, Gurr, Geoff M., Lundgren, Jonathan G., Burra, Dharani Dhar, Palao, Leo K., Hyman, Glenn G., Graziosi, Ignazio, Le, Vi X., Cock, Matthew J.W., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Nguyen, Liem V., You, Minsheng, Lu, Yanhui, Ketelaar, Johannes W., Goergen, Georg E., Neuenschwander, Peter
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	PeerJ 2018
Subjects:	biological control agricultural sciences ciencias agrícolas biodiversity ecology ecosystem services entomology ecological intensification sustainable agriculture ecological safety
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97770