Carabid assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a rotation of three different crops in Southern Alberta, Canada: A comparison of sustainable and conventional farming

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1214-1223

  Bourassa, S ^a   Carcamo H A ^b   Larney, F J ^b   Spence, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conventional versus sustainable agronomic practices; Epigeic predators; Ground beetles

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP ROTATION; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POTATO; PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WHEAT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 56049122922     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/37.5.1214     Document Type: Article

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