Tracking parasitoids with the stable isotope 44Ca in agroecosystems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 143-148

  Wanner, Heike ^a   Gu, Hainan ^a   Hattendorf, Bodo ^b   Günther, Detlef ^b   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cotesia glomerata; Displacement; Internal marking; Mark release recapture; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CALCIUM; FIELD METHOD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; PARASITOID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 33751184378     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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