Abstract
Faunistic surveys of agricultural, sylvan, or natural, undisturbed environments will disclose large numbers of herbivorous insect species that are of insignificant abundance, causing little or no harm to the plants growing in such habitats. Many of these insects are kept in check by native natural enemies. We describe this situation as naturally occurring biological control.
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van den Bosch, R., Messenger, P.S., Gutierrez, A.P. (1982). Naturally Occurring Biological Control and Integrated Control. In: An Introduction to Biological Control. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9162-4_10
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