The importance of landscape and spatial structure for hymenopteran-based food webs in an agro-ecosystem

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1203-1214

  Fabian, Yvonne ^a   Sandau, Nadine ^a   Bruggisser, Odile T ^a   Aebi, Alex ^a,b   Kehrli, Patrik ^a,c   Rohr, Rudolf P ^a,d   Naisbit, Russell E ^a   Bersier, Louis Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control agents; Ecological compensation areas; Ecosystem services; Landscape ecology; Parasitism; Pollinators; Quantitative food webs; Trap nest; Wildflower strip

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; FOOD WEB; FOREST COVER; INVESTMENT; LANDSCAPE; PARASITISM; POLLINATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; ECOLOGICAL COMPENSATION AREAS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOOD CHAIN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PARASITISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATORS; QUANTITATIVE FOOD WEBS; SEASON; SWITZERLAND; TRAP NEST; WASP; WILDFLOWER STRIP;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; ECOLOGICAL COMPENSATION AREAS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PARASITISM; POLLINATORS; QUANTITATIVE FOOD WEBS; TRAP NEST; WILDFLOWER STRIP;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND; WASPS;

EID: 84886284114     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12103     Document Type: Article

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