Within-orchard variability of the ecosystem service 'parasitism': Effects of cultivars, ants and tree location

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 456-465

  Mody, Karsten ^a   Spoerndli, Charlotte ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthonomus pomorum; Biodiversity; Biological control; Climate variability; Insurance hypothesis; Malus domestica; Parasitoid; Phytophagous beetle; Plant genotype

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS PUMORUM; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SCAMBUS; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 79960915547     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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