Is the biological control of insects a natural phenomenon?

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-506

  Hawkins, Bradford A ^a   Mills, Nick J ^b   Jervis, Mark A ^c   Price, Peter W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FOOD WEB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032854927     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546654     Document Type: Article

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