Threshold effects of landscape structure on biological control in agroecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-65

  With, Kimberly A ^a,b   Pavuk, Daniel M ^a   Worchuck, Jennifer L ^a,c   Oates, Rhonda K ^a   Fisher, Jamie L ^a,d  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphids; Coccinellids; Conservation biological control; Experimental model systems; Fractal landscapes; Habitat loss and fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Movement behavior; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURAL ENEMY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; THRESHOLD;

ACYRTHOSIPHON; ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0036166113     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0052:TEOLSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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