Cereal aphid control by generalist predators in presence of belowground alternative prey: Complementary predation as affected by prey density

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  von Berg, Karsten ^a   Thies, Carsten ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural ecosystems; Aphidina; Collembola; Conservation biological control; Elateridae; Multitrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTAGONISM; APHID; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CEREAL; GENERALIST; PEST DAMAGE; PREDATION;

APHIDIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; ELATERIDAE; ISOTOMA VIRIDIS; SITOBION AVENAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 70349322867     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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