“One of the maxims of the new field of conservation biological control is that to control insect herbivores, you must maintain populations of insect herbivores.” NatureDiversityNativeAnimalsGardeningConservationExtinctionPlantsEndangered Author:Douglas Tallamy
“...a plant can only function as a true “native” while it is interacting with the community that historically helped shape it.” NatureBelongingGardeningDefinitionInvasiveAlienspecies Author:Douglas Tallamy
“many of the alien plants that have succeeded in North America are not a random sample of all plants that evolved elsewhere, but rather are a subset that were imported specifically because of their unpalatability to insects” GardeningBugsExoticBiodiversity Loss Author:Douglas Tallamy