Mediterranean olive cultivation faces challenges in the global environmental change
context. Pests and diseases caused by arthropods such as Bactrocera oleae, Prays oleae …

Conservation biological control uses naturally occurring enemies to limit pest populations
and to increase agricultural sustainability. The olive is an important perennial crop in …

Agricultural intensification has greatly affected biodiversity in recent decades. One common
and recent transformation that has taken place in Mediterranean countries is olive grove …

Like natural enemies, invasive polyphagous pests may respond positively to local and
landscape-scale diversity, making them more serious challenges to sustainable …

A systematic map is a structured method for reviewing and categorizing research evidence
on a scientific topic, offering a broad overview without requiring quantitative synthesis …

Landscape and crop management are important concepts for conservation biological control
as they can influence the abundance of natural enemies. In this work we accomplished a …

Ground cover vegetation is often added or allowed to generate to promote conservation
biological control, especially in perennial crops. Nevertheless, there is inconsistent evidence …

Simple, single‐species approaches in distributional ecology leave open questions of
possible roles of biotic interactions. We sought to understand impacts of climate change on …

The spatial structure of agricultural landscapes can affect crop resilience to potential pest
development. Previous studies have found several spatial landscape metrics related to the …

The olive moth, Prays oleae, is one of the most common insects that damages olives in the
Mediterranean region. The establishment of ground cover within olive orchards has been …