Effect of landscape composition and arrangement on biological control agents in a simplified agricultural system: A cost-distance approach

Biological Control

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-270

  Perović, David J ^a,b   Gurr, Geoff M ^b   Raman, A ^b   Nicol, Helen I ^b  

^a Cotton Catchement Communities CRC ^*  (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cotton; Dicranolaius bellulus; Dispersal; GIS; Habitat manipulation; Landscape; Natural enemies; Oxyopes; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; DICRANOLAIUS BELLULUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA; MELYRIDAE; OXYOPES; OXYOPIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 75449092828     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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