Claim · model-written summary
The positive landscape association was nonsignificant under high insecticide use.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- high insecticide usee0
- Interactor
- ladybeetlee1biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- ladybeetle abundancee1
- Direction
- positive effectse1
- Setting
- more complex landscapese1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“wheat fields subjected to high insecticide use”
e1“the positive effects of more complex landscapes on ladybeetle abundance were not significant”
Title
Mixed effects of landscape complexity and insecticide use on ladybeetle abundance in wheat fields
Long Yang; Qian Zhang; Bing Liu; et al. Pest Management Science 2018. doi:10.1002/ps.5281
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Association Woodlots enhanced ladybeetle abundance.
- Association Fallow land enhanced ladybeetle abundance.
- Intervention effect Insecticide use reduced ladybeetle populations despite landscape complexity.
- Recommendation Conservation biocontrol efforts should account for the surrounding landscape.