NP headline of the day

[pynchonoid]

Great tits can reduce caterpillar damage in apple
orchards


A recent study published today in Journal of Applied
Ecology, considers whether great tits can reduce
caterpillar numbers and fruit damage and increase
biological yield in an experimental orchard of apple
trees with high caterpillar numbers. The study shows
the effect of great tits on caterpillar damage to
apples was small but significant and the yield of
fruit increased significantly. The only cost to the
producer was that of erecting nest boxes to encourage
great tits to breed in the orchard.

http://www.AlphaGalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readRelease&Releaseid=11758




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