Interactions between conventional and organic farming for biocontrol services across the landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1531-1543

  Bianchi, F J J A ^a   Ives, A R ^b   Schellhorn, N A ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphid; Biological control; Ecosystem service; Insecticide; Leslie matrix; Parasitoid; Pest management; Spatiotemporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECTICIDE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURAL ENEMY; ORGANIC FARMING; PEST CONTROL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WASPS;

EID: 84886522236     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1819.1     Document Type: Article

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