Pest control experiments show benefits of complexity at landscape and local scales

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1936-1948

  Chaplin Kramer, Rebecca ^a,b   Kremen, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Biological control; Brevicoryne brassicae; Cabbage aphid; Ecosystem services; Natural habitat; Pest management; Salinas Valley, California, USA

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MICROCLIMATE; NATURAL ENEMY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRASSICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BRASSICA; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECT CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; SALINAS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE;

EID: 84868552852     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1844.1     Document Type: Article

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