Effect of landscape structure on parasitoid diversity and parasitism in agroecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 276-284

  Marino, Paul C ^a,b   Landis, Douglas A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Armyworm; Hedgerows; Landscape structure; Parasitism; Pseudaletia unipuncta

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0000068405     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269571     Document Type: Article

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