Increasing corn for biofuel production reduces biocontrol services in agricultural landscapes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 51, 2008, Pages 20552-20557

  Landis, Douglas A ^a   Gardiner, Mary M ^a   Van Der Werf, Wopke ^b   Swinton, Scott M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biological control; Ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CORN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ETHANOL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOYBEANS; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GLYCINES; ARTHROPODA; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58149507696     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804951106     Document Type: Article

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