Biocontrol potential varies with changes in biofuel-crop plant communities and landscape perenniality

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 347-359

  Werling, Ben P ^a   Meehan, Timothy D ^b   Robertson, Bruce A ^c   Gratton, Claudio ^b   Landis, Douglas A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biofuels; Biological control; Ecosystem services; Land use change

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; LAND-USE CHANGE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84857631900     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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