Kris A G Wyckhuys, Prapit Wongtiem, Aunu Rauf, Anchana Thancharoen, George E Heimpel, Nhung T T Le, Muhammad Zainal Fanani, Geoff M Gurr, Jonathan G Lundgren, Dharani D Burra, Leo K Palao, Glenn Hyman, Ignazio Graziosi, Vi X Le, Matthew J W Cock, Teja Tscharntke, Steve D Wratten, Liem V Nguyen, Minsheng You, Yanhui Lu, Johannes W Ketelaar, Georg Goergen, Peter Neuenschwander
Biological control, a globally-important ecosystem service, can provide long-term and broad-scale suppression of invasive pests, weeds and pathogens in natural, urban and agricultural environments. Following (few) historic cases that led to sizeable environmental up-sets, the discipline of arthropod biological control has-over the past decades-evolved and matured. Now, by deliberately taking into account the ecological risks associated with the planned introduction of insect natural enemies, immense environmental and societal benefits can be gained...
2018: PeerJ