Implications for conservation biocontrol of spatio-temporal relationships between carabid beetles and coleopterous pests in winter oilseed rape

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-387

  Warner, D J ^a   Allen Williams, L J ^a   Warrington, S ^a,d   Ferguson, A W ^b   Williams, I H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d NATIONAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anchomenus dorsalis; Ceutorhynchus assimilis; Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus; Integrated pest management; Meligethes aeneus; Nebria brevicollis; Spatio temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

AMARA SIMILATA; ASAPHIDION; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRUCHINAE; CARABIDAE; CEUTORHYNCHUS; CEUTORHYNCHUS ASSIMILIS; CEUTORHYNCHUS PALLIDACTYLUS; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; HEXAPODA; LORICERA PILICORNIS; MELIGETHES AENEUS; NEBRIA BREVICOLLIS; PTEROSTICHUS MADIDUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS;

EID: 53749090732     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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