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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fan Yang, Bing Liu, Yulin Zhu, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Wopke van der Werf, Yanhui Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02509-z