Biodiversity associated with an irrigated rice agro-ecosystem in Sri Lanka

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1715-1753

  Bambaradeniya, C N B ^a   Edirisinghe, J P ^b   De Silva, D N ^b   Gunatilleke, C V S ^b   Ranawana, K B ^b   Wijekoon, S ^b  

^a IUCN the World Conservation Union   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biodiversity; Biological control; Rice field

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; IRRIGATION; RICE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVEY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ARTHROPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4143102720     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000029331.92656.de     Document Type: Article

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