Perennial habitat fragments, parasitoid diversity and parasitism in ephemeral crops

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1405-1416

  Letourneau, Deborah K ^a   Bothwell Allen, Sara G ^a   Stireman, John O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual crops; Biodiversity; Biological pest control; Diptera: Tachinidae; Ecosystem services; GIS; Landscape complexity; Organic farming; Sentinel pests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COVER CROP; CROP PEST; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLY; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HARVESTING; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECTICIDE; NATURAL ENEMY; ORGANIC FARMING; PARASITISM; PERENNIAL PLANT; PEST SPECIES; POLICY MAKING; SENTINEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; THRESHOLD; TILLAGE; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 84870369456     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12001     Document Type: Article

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