Pest-removal services provided by birds on subsistence farms in south-eastern Nigeria

Using camera-trapping to assess grape consumption by vertebrate pests in a World Heritage vineyard region

(2020) Lucas Lamelas-López et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Cropland expansion outweighs the monetary effect of declining natural vegetation on ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa

(2020) Ayele Almaw Fenta et al.   Ecosystem Services

The threat of alien invasive insect and mite species to food security in Africa and the need for a continent-wide response

(2019) Gudeta W. Sileshi et al.   Food Security

Large-scale versus small-scale agriculture: Disentangling the relative effects of the farming system and semi-natural habitats on birds’ habitat preferences in the Ethiopian highlands

(2019) Gabriel Marcacci et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Enhancing agricultural landscapes to increase crop pest reduction by vertebrates

(2018) Catherine Lindell et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Farmers’ perceptions of crop pest severity in Nigeria are associated with landscape, agronomic and socio-economic factors

(2018) Wei Zhang et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Predation pressure by birds and arthropods on herbivorous insects affected by tropical forest restoration strategy

(2018) Steven M. Roels et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Habitat fragmentation narrows the distribution of avian functional traits associated with seed dispersal in tropical forest

(2018) Alex A.A. Bovo et al.   Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

Predation by avian insectivores on caterpillars is linked to leaf damage on oak (Quercus robur)

(2018) Bengt Gunnarsson et al.   OECOLOGIA

A review of the sentinel prey method as a way of quantifying invertebrate predation under field conditions

(2017) Gábor L. Lövei et al.   Insect Science

Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations

(2017) Tomas Roslin et al.   SCIENCE

Are avian predators effective biological control agents for rodent pest management in agricultural systems?

(2016) Lushka Labuschagne et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Pest-removal services provided by birds on small organic farms in northern California

(2015) Megan Garfinkel et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Tree cover mediates the effect on rapeseed leaf damage of excluding predatory arthropods, but in an unexpected way

(2015) Debissa Lemessa et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Importance of Ethiopian shade coffee farms for forest bird conservation

(2015) Evan R. Buechley et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Avian species identity drives predation success in tropical cacao agroforestry

(2015) Bea Maas et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Predation on artificial caterpillars is higher in countryside than near-natural forest habitat in lowland south-western Costa Rica

(2015) Carlo Lutz Seifert et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Do birds see the forest for the trees? Scale-dependent effects of tree diversity on avian predation of artificial larvae

(2015) Evalyne W. Muiruri et al.   OECOLOGIA

Tuta absolutaMeyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): A New Threat to Tomato Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2014) T. Brévault et al.   AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

Coffee landscapes as refugia for native woody biodiversity as forest loss continues in southwest Ethiopia

(2014) Getachew Tadesse et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Determining predator identity from attack marks left in model caterpillars: guidelines for best practice

(2014) Petah A. Low et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Species diversity and distribution of lepidopteran stem borers in South Africa and Mozambique

(2014) J. Moolman et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

Effects of land use on bird populations and pest control services on coffee farms

(2014) S. F. Railsback et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Complementary ecosystem services provided by pest predators and pollinators increase quantity and quality of coffee yields

(2014) A. Classen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Factors Influencing Household Food Security in West Africa: The Case of Southern Niger

(2014) Seydou Zakari et al.   Sustainability

Crop losses and the economic impact of insect pests on Brazilian agriculture

(2013) C.M. Oliveira et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Bats and birds increase crop yield in tropical agroforestry landscapes

(2013) Bea Maas et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Forest bolsters bird abundance, pest control and coffee yield

(2013) Daniel S. Karp et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Quantifying the contribution of birds to the control of arthropod pests on kale,Brassica oleracea acephala, a key crop in East African highland farmland

(2013) Paul Kariuki Ndang’ang’a et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEST MANAGEMENT

Crop Expansion and Conservation Priorities in Tropical Countries

(2013) Ben Phalan et al.   PLoS One

The use of indigenous ecological resources for pest control in Africa

(2013) D. Grzywacz et al.   Food Security

Evaluation of five bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) landraces to heat and drought stress at Tono-Navrongo, Upper East Region of Ghana

(2012) J. N. Berchie   African Journal of Agricultural Research

Density and behaviour of WhinchatsSaxicola rubetraon African farmland suggest that winter habitat conditions do not limit European breeding populations

(2012) Mark F. Hulme et al.   IBIS

Predation on exposed and leaf-rolling artificial caterpillars in tropical forests of Papua New Guinea

(2012) Katerina Tvardikova et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

The Need to Quantify Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds

(2011) Daniel G. Wenny et al.   AUK

Roosting behaviour of a migratory songbird on Jamaican coffee farms: landscape composition may affect delivery of an ecosystem service

(2011) VITEK JIRINEC et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Effects of forest modification on bird community composition and seed removal in a heterogeneous landscape in South Africa

(2011) Eike Lena Neuschulz et al.   OIKOS

Avian Conservation Practices Strengthen Ecosystem Services in California Vineyards

(2011) Julie A. Jedlicka et al.   PLoS One

Local and landscape factors determine functional bird diversity in Indonesian cacao agroforestry

(2009) Yann Clough et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Functional richness and ecosystem services: bird predation on arthropods in tropical agroecosystems

(2009) Stacy M. Philpott et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Dummy caterpillars as a simple method to assess predation rates on invertebrates in a tropical agroecosystem

(2009) Andrew Howe et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds

(2008) Christopher J. Whelan et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Ecological and Economic Services Provided by Birds on Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Farms

(2008) JHERIME L. KELLERMANN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Trends in pesticide use and drivers for safer pest management in four African countries

(2008) Stephanie Williamson et al.   CROP PROTECTION

BIRDS DEFEND OIL PALMS FROM HERBIVOROUS INSECTS

(2008) Lian Pin Koh   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

BIRDS AS PREDATORS IN TROPICAL AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

(2008) Sunshine A. Van Bael et al.   ECOLOGY

LANDSCAPE CONSTRAINTS ON FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF BIRDS AND INSECTS IN TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEMS

(2008) Teja Tscharntke et al.   ECOLOGY