Do host-plant requirements and mortality from soil cultivation determine the distribution of graminivorous sawflies on farmland?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-282

  Barker, A M ^b   Brown, N J ^a,b   Reynolds, C J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cereals; Dolerus; Farming practices; Pachynematus; Sawfly distribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWTH RATE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SURVIVAL;

DOLERUS; HYMENOPTERA; LOLIUM PERENNE; PACHYNEMATUS; TENTHREDINIDAE;

EID: 0033003865     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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