Stable isotope analysis reveals whether soil-living elaterid larvae move between agricultural crops

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1612-1614

  Schallhart, N ^a   Tusch, M J ^a   Staudacher, K ^a   Wallinger, C ^a   Traugott, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Agriotes obscurus; Below ground dispersal; Soil pest; Wireworms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AGRIOTES OBSCURUS; BELOW-GROUND DISPERSAL; IN-SITU; PEST MANAGEMENT; SOIL INVERTEBRATES; SPATIAL ECOLOGY; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; WIREWORMS;

ANIMALS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; ISOTOPES;

SOILS;

BEETLE; DISPERSAL; FOOD SUPPLY; GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; MAIZE; MOVEMENT; PEST SPECIES; SOIL FAUNA; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHEAT;

AGRIOTES; AGRIOTES OBSCURUS; ELATERIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955967679     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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