Brazilian free-tailed bats as insect pest regulators in transgenic and conventional cotton crops

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 826-837

  Federico, Paula ^a   Hallam, Thomas G ^a   McCracken, Gary F ^a   Purucker, S Thomas ^a,i   Grant, William E ^b   Correa Sandoval, A Nelly ^c   Westbrook, John K ^d   Medellín, Rodrigo A ^e   Cleveland, Cutler J ^f   Sansone, Chris G ^b   López Jr , Juan D ^d   Betke, Margrit ^f   Moreno Valdez, Arnuleo ^g   Kunz, Thomas H ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Inst Tecn de   (Mexico)

^h Boston University   (United States)

ⁱ U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Brazilian free tailed bats; Corn; Corn ear worm; Cotton; Cotton bollworm; Helicoverpa zea; Insectivory; Mathematical model; Tadarida brasiliensis; Texas winter garden agricultural region; Transgenic agricultural crops; USA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIUM; BAT; COTTON; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HERBIVORY; INSECTIVORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COTTON; ECONOMICS; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHIROPTERA; ENDOTOXINS; FOOD CHAIN; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 50549083550     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0556.1     Document Type: Article

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