'Beetle banks' as refuges for beneficial arthropods in farmland: Long-term changes in predator communities and habitat

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-154

  MacLeod, A ^a,e   Wratten, S D ^a,b   Sotherton, N W ^c   Thomas, M B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Carabidae; Habitat manipulation; Overwintering; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 2442559179     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2004.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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