Herbaceous filter strips in agroecosystems: Implications for ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) conservation and invertebrate weed seed predation

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-91

  Menalled, Fabián D ^a,b   Lee, Jana C ^a,c   Landis, Douglas A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISODACTYLUS SANCTAECRUCIS; HARPALUS ERRATICUS; HARPALUS PENSYLVANICUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; PTEROSTICHUS PERMUNDUS;

EID: 0035297072     PISSN: 00900222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Asteraki, E. J. 1993. The potential of carabid beetles to control slugs in grass/clover swards. Entomophaga 38: 193-198.
2. Asteraki, E. J. 1995. The influence of different types of grassland field margin on carabid beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) communities. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 54: 195-202.
3. Baines, D., R. Stewart and G. Boivin. 1990. Consumption of carrot weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by five species of carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) abundant in carrot fields in southwestern Quebec. Environ. Entomol. 19: 1146-1149.
4. Best, R. L. and C. C. Beegle. 1977. Food preferences of five species of carabids commonly found in Iowa cornfields. Environ. Entomol. 6: 9-12.
5. Brust, G. E. 1990. Direct and indirect effects of four herbicides on the activity of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pest. Sci. 30: 309-320.
6. Brust, G. E. 1994. Seed-predators reduce broadleaf weed growth and competitive ability. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 48: 27-34.
7. Brust, G. E. and G. J. House. 1988. Weed seed destruction by arthropods and rodents in low-input soybean agroecosystems. Am. J. Alt. Agric. 3: 19-25.
8. Cárcamo, H. A, J. K. Niemelä and J. R. Spence. 1995. Farming and ground beetles: Effects of agronomic practice on populations and community structure. Can. Entomol. 127: 123-140.
9. Cardina, J., H. M. Norquay, B. R. Stinner and D. A. McCartney. 1996. Postdispersal predation of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) seeds. Weed Sci. 44: 534-539.
10. Carmona, D. A. and D. A. Landis. 1999. Influence of refuge habitats and cover crops on seasonal activity-density of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in field crops. Environ. Entomol. 28: 1145-1153.
11. Carmona, D. A., F. D. Menalled and D. A. Landis. 1999. Gryllus pennsylvanicus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae): Laboratory weed seed predation and within field activity-density. J. Econ. Entomol. 92: 825-829.
12. Clark, M. S., J. M. Luna, N. D. Stone and R. R. Youngman. 1994. Generalist predator consumption of armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and effect of predator removal on damage in no-till corn. Environ. Entomol. 23: 617-622.
13. Coombes, D. S. and N. W. Sotherton. 1986. The dispersal and distribution of polyphagous predatory Coleoptera in cereals. Ann. Appl. Biol. 108: 461-474.
14. Corbett, A. and R. E. Plant. 1993. Role of movement in response of natural enemies to agroecosystem diversification: A theoretical evaluation. Environ. Entomol. 22: 519-531.
15. Cromar H. E., S. D. Murphy and C. J. Swanton. 1999. Influence of tillage and crop residue on postdispersal predation of weed seeds. Weed Sci. 47: 184-194.
16. Dennis, P. and G. L. A. Fry. 1992. Field margins: Can they enhance natural enemy population densities and general arthropod diversity on farmland? Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 40: 85-115.
17. Desender, K. 1982. Ecological and faunal studies on Coleoptera in agricultural land. II. Hibernation of Carabidae in agro-ecosystems. Pedobiologia. 23: 295-303.
18. Hagley, E. A. C., N. J. Holliday and D. R. Barber. 1982. Laboratory studies of the food preferences of some orchard carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Can. Entomol. 114: 431-437.
19. Hawthorne, A. and M. Hassall. 1995. The effect of cereal headland treatments on carabid communities, pp. 185-198. In: S. Toft and W. Riedel (eds.), Arthropod Natural Enemies in Arable Land I. Aarhus University Press, Denmark.
20. Henry, A. C., Jr., D. A. Hosack, C. W. Johnson, D. Rol and G. Bentrup. 1999. Conservation corridors in the United States: Benefits and planning guidelines. J. Soil Water Cons. 54: 645-650.
21. Johnson, N. E. and R. S. Cameron. 1969. Phytophagous ground beetles. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 62: 909-914.
22. Jordan, N., D. A. Mortensen, D. M. Prenzlow and K. Curtis Cox. 1995. Simulation analysis of crop rotation effects on weed seedbanks. Am. J. Bot. 82: 390-398.
23. Landis, D. A. and F. D. Menalled. 1998. Ecological considerations in the conservation of effective parasitoid communities in agricultural systems, pp. 101-121. In: P. Barbosa, (ed.), Perspectives on the Conservation of Natural Enemies of Pest Species. Academic Press, New York.
24. Landis, D. A., S. D. Wratten and G. M. Gurr. 2000. Habitat management to conserve natural enemies of arthropod pest in agriculture. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 45: 175-201.
25. Lee, J. C., F. D. Menalled and D. A. Landis. 2001. Refuge habitats interact with insecticide disturbance on determining carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) activity-density and community composition. J. Appl. Ecol. 38: 472-483.
26. Liebman, M. and E. R. Gallandt. 1997. Many little hammers: Ecological approaches for management of crop-weed interactions, pp. 291-343. In: L. E. Jackson (ed), Ecology in agriculture. Academic Press, San Diego.
27. Lindroth, C. H. 1969. The Ground Beetles (Carabidae, Excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska, parts 1-6. Opuscula Entomologica, Entomologiska Sällskapet, Lund, Sweden.
28. Lund, R. D. and F. T. Turpin. 1977a. Serological investigation of black cutworm larval consumption by ground beetles. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 70: 322-324.
29. Lund, R. D. and F. T. Turpin. 1977b. Carabid damage to weed seeds found in Indiana cornfields. Environ. Entomol. 6: 695-698.
30. Lys, J. A. 1995. Observation of epigeic predators and predation on artificial prey in a cereal field. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 75: 265-272.
31. Lys, J. A. and W. Nentwig. 1992. Augmentation of beneficial arthropods by strip-management. 4. Surface activity, movements and activity density of abundant carabid beetles in cereal fields. Oecologia 92: 373-382.
32. Lys, J. A. and W. Nentwig. 1994. Improvement of the overwintering sites for Carabidae, Staphylinidae and Araneae by strip-management in a cereal field. Pedobiologia. 38: 238-242.
33. McCune, B. and M. J. Mefford. 1997. PC-ORD. Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data. Ver. 3.0. MJM Software Design, Gleneden Beach, Oregon.
34. Menalled, F. D., J. C. Lee and D. A. Landis. 1999. Manipulating carabid beetle abundance alters prey removal rates in corn fields. Biocontrol 43: 441-456.
35. Menalled, F. D., P. C. Marino, K. Renner and D. A. Landis. 2000. Post-dispersal weed seed predation in Michigan crop fields as a function of agricultural landscape structure. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 77: 193-202.
36. Mittelbach, G. G. and K.L. Gross. 1984. Experimental studies of seed predation in old fields. Oecologia 65: 7-13.
37. National Research Council. 1993. Soil and Water Quality, an Agenda for Agriculture. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
38. Pausch, R. D. and L. M. Pausch. 1980. Observations on the biology of the slender seed-corn beetle, Clivina impressefrons (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Great Lakes Entomol. 13: 189-194.
39. Quinn, M. A., R. L. Kepner, D. D. Walgenbach, R. N. Foster, R. A. Bohls, P. D. Pooler, K. C. Reuter and J. L. Swain. 1991. Effect of habitat characteristics and perturbation on the community dynamics of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) on mixed-grass rangeland. Environ. Entomol. 20: 1285-1294.
40. Reed, J. P., R. F. Hall and H. R. Krueger. 1992. Contact and volatile toxicity of insecticides to black cutworm larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in soil. J. Econ. Entomol. 85: 256-261.
41. Renner, K. A., S. J. Halstead and K.L. Gross. 1998. Weed seed bank dynamics at the LTER (Long term ecological research) agroecosystems site. Abstr. 1998 Meeting Weed Sci. Soc. Am., Chicago, Illinois.
42. SAS Institute. 1996. SAS/STAT User's Guide for Personal Computers, 6th Ed., vol. 2. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina.
43. Schmitt, T. J., M. G. Dosskey and K. D. Hoagland. 1999. Filter strips performance and processes for different vegetation, width, and contaminants. J. Environ. Quality 28: 1479-1489.
44. rd Ed. W. H. Freeman, New York.
45. Sotherton, N. W. 1985. The distribution and abundance of predatory Coleoptera over-wintering in field boundaries. Ann. Appl. Biol. 106: 17-21.
46. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1997. Buffers, Common-Sense Conservation. USDA, Washington D.C.
47. Uva, R. H., J. C. Neal and J. M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, New York.
48. Vitanza, S., C. E. Sorneson and W. C. Bailey. 1996. Impact of warm season grass strips on arthropod populations in Missouri cotton fields. Proc. Beltwide Cotton Conference, Memphis TN. 1: 174-176.
49. White, S., K. Renner, F. Menalled and D. Landis. 2000. Weed seed predation influences weed communities composition. Proc. Weed Sci. Soc. Am. Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
50. Wiedenmann, R. N. and J. W. Smith. 1997. Attributes of natural enemies in ephemeral crop habitats. Biol. Control 10: 16-22.
51. Zangger, A., J. A. Lys and W. Nentwig. 1994. Increasing the availability of food and the reproduction of Poecilus cupreus in a cereal field by strip-management. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 71: 11-120.