Landscape structure affects activity density, body size and fecundity of pardosa wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) in winter oilseed rape

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 609-614

  Drapela, Thomas ^a,c   Frank, Thomas ^a   Heer, Xaver ^b   Moser, Dietmar ^a,d   Zaller, Johann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Research Institute of Organic Agriculture ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Austria   (Austria)

^d Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses (VINCA)   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Araneae; Brassica napus; Generalist predator; Landscape; Lycosidae; Multiple spatial scales; Oilseed rape; Pardosa agrestis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGROECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FECUNDITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEST CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; BRASSICA NAPUS; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; PARDOSA AGRESTIS;

EID: 84858967887     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2011.079     Document Type: Article

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