Trophic links between functional groups of arable plants and beetles are stable at a national scale

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-13

  Brooks, David R ^a   Storkey, Jonathan ^a   Clark, Suzanne J ^a   Firbank, Les G ^b   Petit, Sandrine ^c   Woiwod, Ian P ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; Biodiversity; Community dynamics; Farm Scale Evaluations; Granivory; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEETLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRANIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; OMNIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WEED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; CROP; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCE; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEED;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOTA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT WEEDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 83155175301     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01897.x     Document Type: Article

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