Fighting insect pests is a major challenge for agriculture worldwide, and biological control
and integrated pest management constitute well‐recognised, cost‐effective ways to prevent …

Over 240 updates to text and tables, 275 new citations, and new figures in every chapter,
Increased representation of women and BIPOC in the textbook, Significant edits and …

Recent viral zoonotic epidemics have been attributed partially to the negative impact of
human activities on ecosystem biodiversity. Agricultural activities, particularly conventional …

The top-down suppression of pest insects by their natural enemies, such as insectivorous
bats, represents an important ecosystem service in agricultural systems. Recognizing the …

Bats provide key ecosystem services such as crop pest regulation, pollination, seed
dispersal, and soil fertilization. Bats are also major hosts for biological agents responsible …

Conservation biological control (CBC) seeks to minimize the deleterious effects of
agricultural pests by enhancing the efficiency of natural enemies. Despite the documented …

Climate and insect pests are vital variables that affect crop production. Climate change will
alter the magnitude and timing of precipitation, but how rainfall and temperature interact to …

Recent research has confirmed the efficiency of insectivorous bats as pest suppressors,
underlining the ecological services they offer in agroecosystems. Therefore, some efforts try …

Bird‐and bat‐mediated biocontrol benefits the productivity of tropical commodity crops such
as cacao, but the ecological interactions driving these ecosystem services remain poorly …

Moths (Lepidoptera) are major agricultural and forest pests in many parts of the world,
including Europe, with many causing great economic damage to crops, horticultural plants …