Habitat manipulation to mitigate the impacts of invasive arthropod pests

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2933-2945

  Jonsson, Mattias ^a,b   Wratten, Steve D ^a   Landis, Doug A ^c   Tompkins, Jean Marie L ^a   Cullen, Ross ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Ecosystem services; Habitat management; Pest management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955769950     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9737-4     Document Type: Article

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