Flow and stability of natural pest control services depend on complexity and crop rotation at the landscape scale

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 345-354

  Rusch, Adrien ^a,b   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a   Jonsson, Mattias ^a   Smith, Henrik G ^c   Ekbom, Barbara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological control; Crop diversity; Crop rotation; Ecosystem services; Farming practices; Landscape complexity; Stability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CROP ROTATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LANDSCAPE; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

APHIDIDAE; HORDEUM;

EID: 84875671099     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12055     Document Type: Article

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