Landscape simplification promotes weed seed predation by carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 487-494

  Jonason, Dennis ^a   Smith, Henrik G ^b   Bengtsson, Jan ^a   Birkhofer, Klaus ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Agricultural intensification; Biological control; Ecosystem services; Landscape complexity; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HEALTH IMPACT; HERBICIDE; ORGANIC FARMING; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED CONTROL;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PTEROSTICHUS; TRECHUS;

EID: 84874988272     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9848-2     Document Type: Article

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