Farming practices change food web structures in cereal aphid-parasitoid-hyperparasitoid communities

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 249-259

  Lohaus, Katharina ^a   Vidal, Stefan ^a   Thies, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity; Interaction structures; Organic farming practices; Sitobion avenae

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; APHID; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD WEB; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIC FARMING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL; WHEAT;

APHIDIDAE; SITOBION AVENAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872154213     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2387-8     Document Type: Article

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