Effects of flower attractiveness and nectar availability in field margins on biological control by parasitoids

Biological Control

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-408

  Bianchi, Felix J J A ^a   Wäckers, Felix L ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Flower strips; Food ecology; Habitat management; Modeling; Parasitism; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 48449105412     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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