Insect invasions of agroecosystems in the western Canadian prairies: Case histories, patterns, and implications for ecosystem function

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1135-1149

  Dosdall, Lloyd M ^a   Cárcamo, Héctor ^b   Olfert, Owen ^c   Meers, Scott ^d   Hartley, Scott ^e   Gavloski, John ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^e Government of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^f GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indigenous species; Invasive insects; Oulema melanopus; Sitona lineatus; Spatial analysis; Tetrastichus julis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BARLEY; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HERBIVORE; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; PRAIRIE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MANITOBA; SASKATCHEWAN;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CICER ARIETINUM; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; HEXAPODA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HYMENOPTERA; LENS CULINARIS; OULEMA MELANOPUS; PISUM SATIVUM; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA; SITONA LINEATUS; TETRASTICHUS JULIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79955014328     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9951-8     Document Type: Article

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