Food web structure and biocontrol in a four-trophic level system across a landscape complexity gradient

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1720, 2011, Pages 2946-2953

  Gagic, Vesna ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Dormann, Carsten F ^b   Gruber, Bernd ^b,c   Wilstermann, Anne ^a   Thies, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Food webs; Hyperparasitoids; Landscape complexity; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

APHIDIDAE;

EID: 80052216982     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2645     Document Type: Article

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