Decreased functional diversity and biological pest control in conventional compared to organic crop fields

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Krauss, Jochen ^a,b   Gallenberger, Iris ^b   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL;

APHID; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; POLLINATOR; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; DRUG EFFECT; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLLINATION; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

APHIDIDAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRITICOSECALE;

AGROCHEMICALS; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIODIVERSITY; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GERMANY; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; POLLINATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79956220974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019502     Document Type: Article

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