Spatiotemporal stability of two beetle populations in non-farmed habitats in an agricultural landscape

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 680-689

  Blackshaw, Rod P ^a   Vernon, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriotes; Elateridae; Pheromone trapping; SADIE; Spatial dynamics; Wireworms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PATCHINESS; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; PHEROMONE TRAP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTHAM ISLAND;

AGRIOTES LINEATUS; AGRIOTES OBSCURUS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745699571     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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