Net effects of field and landscape scale habitat on insect and bird damage to sunflowers
S. Kross, B. Martinico, R. P. Bourbour, J. M. Townsend, C. McColl, R. Kelsey
The paper examines how insect and bird damage to sunflower crops varies with field margin habitat and landscape-scale habitat complexity, finding that woody margins reduce insect damage but not bird damage.
bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2019Ecology