Addition of a new resource in agroecosystems: Do cover crops alter the trophic positions of generalist predators?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Duyck, Pierre François ^a   Lavigne, Anaïs ^a   Vinatier, Fabrice ^a   Achard, Raphaël ^a   Okolle, Justin N ^b   Tixier, Philippe ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b African Research Centre on Bananas and Plantains CARBAP   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cosmopolites sordidus; Cover crops; Food web; Musa spp.; Pest control; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; BRACHIARIA; CHILOPODA; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; DERMAPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MUSA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 78751580479     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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