Effects of tillage on the activity density and biological diversity of carabid beetles in spring and winter crops

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 356-368

  Hatten, Timothy D ^a   Bosque Pérez, Nilsa A ^a   Labonte, James R ^b   Guy, Stephen O ^a   Eigenbrode, Sanford D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ODA Plant Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity density; Carabidae; Conservation tillage; No till; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; DOMINANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CEREAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; CEREALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; IDAHO; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CALOSOMA CANCELLATUM; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MICROLESTES LINEARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; POECILUS; POECILUS LUCUBLANDUS; POECILUS SCITULUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34249082058     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[356:EOTOTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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