Response of an Assemblage of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) to a Diverse Agricultural Landscape

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 797-804

  Colunga Garcia, Manuel ^a   Gage, Stuart H ^a   Landis, Douglas A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Coccinellidae; Field crops; Habitat diversity; Landscape structure; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BRACHIACANTHA URSINA; CHILOCORUS STIGMA; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; CYCLONEDA; CYCLONEDA MUNDA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0001182532     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.4.797     Document Type: Article

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