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A new study published in the journal Landscape Ecology sought to determine how farming type and landscape heterogeneity affect pests and their natural...
Oct 23, 2015
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A new study published in Science Advances has found that farming practices that promote biodiversity also increase natural pest control on farms...
Oct 09, 2015
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A recent study published in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment has found that organic cropping systems have less nitrogen pollution than...
Jul 24, 2015
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A recent study published in Sustainable Agriculture Research has found that organic farming methods can be used to reduce water pollution in U.S...
Jul 14, 2015
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A new paper published in the journal Sustainable Agriculture Research examines results from six of the oldest grain crop-based experiments comparing...
Jun 17, 2015
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A new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology has found that tachinid parasitoids, a group of flies that prey on crop pests, are positively...
Mar 25, 2015
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) live in cooperative relationship with many plants. Living in the soil with plant roots, they obtain sugars...
Mar 17, 2015
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Organic soils support much higher levels of biodiversity than conventional soils. It has been...
Nov 10, 2014
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Intensive conventional agricultural practices have been linked to a decline in insects that are a particularly important source of food for young...
Oct 27, 2014
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As the human population continues to expand, biologists are looking for new ways to conserve biodiversity in an anthropogenic landscape. A recent...
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