Agricultural intensification drives landscape-context effects on host-parasitoid interactions in agroecosystems

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 706-714

  Jonsson, Mattias ^a,b   Buckley, Hannah L ^a   Case, Bradley S ^a   Wratten, Steve D ^a   Hale, Roddy J ^a   Didham, Raphael K ^c,d,e  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Diamondback moth; Disturbance; Ecosystem service; Grey cabbage aphid; Habitat diversity; Hyperparasitoid; Primary parasitoid; Resource availability; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COVER CROP; CROP PEST; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECTICIDE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; NATURAL ENEMY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUPERPARASITISM; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 84861670971     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02130.x     Document Type: Article

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