Ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in conventional and diversified crop rotation systems

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-130

  O'Rourke, Megan E ^a   Liebman, Matt ^a   Rice, Marlin E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro ecology; Beetle communities; Biological control; Generalist predators; Natural enemies

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANNUAL VARIATION; BEETLE; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MAIZE; PITFALL TRAP; SOYBEAN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GLYCINE MAX; INVERTEBRATA; POECILUS CHALCITES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39749152809     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[121:GBCCAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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