Species diversity and food web structure jointly shape natural biological control in agricultural landscapes

Fan Yang; Bing Liu; Yulin Zhu; Kris A. G. Wyckhuys; Wopke van der Werf; Yanhui Lu

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02509-z

Communications Biology (Aug 2021)

Species diversity and food web structure jointly shape natural biological control in agricultural landscapes

Fan Yang,
Bing Liu,
Yulin Zhu,
Kris A. G. Wyckhuys,
Wopke van der Werf,
Yanhui Lu

Affiliations

Fan Yang: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Bing Liu: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Yulin Zhu: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Kris A. G. Wyckhuys: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Wopke van der Werf: Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University and Research
Yanhui Lu: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02509-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Yang, Liu, Zhu et al. analyzed a dataset of 3-year parasitoid-hyperparasitoid trophic networks from 25 different agro-landscapes. Using path analysis, they uncover how species diversity and food web structure shape ecosystem functionality.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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