Landscape composition and configuration influence cereal aphid-parasitoid-hyperparasitoid interactions and biological control differentially across years

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 183, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Plecas M ^a   Gagic V ^a,b   Jankovic M ^a   Petrovic Obradovic O ^a   Kavallieratos, N G ^c   Tomanović, Ž ^a   Thies, C ^d   Tscharntke, T ^d   Cetkovic A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cereal aphids; Complexity; Composition; Configuration; Edge effect; Heterogeneity; Landscape; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; EDGE EFFECT; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARASITOID; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUPERPARASITISM; VEGETATION COVER; WHEAT;

SERBIA;

EID: 84887973886     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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