Pest-suppression potential of midwestern landscapes under contrasting bioenergy scenarios

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PREDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864351752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041728     Document Type: Article

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