Larger wildflower plantings increase natural enemy density, diversity, and biological control of sentinel prey, without increasing herbivore density

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 386-394

  Blaauw, Brett R ^a   Isaacs, Rufus ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial insects; Biocontrol; Perennial; Size

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GRASS; NATURAL ENEMY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOYBEAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GLYCINES; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84866168636     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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