Getting More Power from Your Flowers: Multi-Functional Flower Strips Enhance Pollinators and Pest Control Agents in Apple Orchards

Getting More Power from Your Flowers: Multi-Functional Flower Strips Enhance Pollinators and Pest Control Agents in Apple Orchards

Flower strips are commonly recommended to boost biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services (e.g., pollination and pest control) on farmland. However, significant knowledge gaps remain regards the extent to which they deliver on these aims. Here, we tested the efficacy of flower strips that targete...

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Main Authors: Alistair John Campbell, Andrew Wilby, Peter Sutton, Felix Wäckers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
agroecology
ecological intensification
agri-environment schemes
floral traits
conservation biological control
ecosystem services
beneficial arthropods
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/8/3/101

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