National patterns of functional diversity and redundancy in predatory ground beetles and bees associated with key UK arable crops

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 142-151

  Woodcock, Ben A ^a   Harrower, Collin ^a   Redhead, John ^a   Edwards, Mike ^b   Vanbergen, Adam J ^a   Heard, Matthew S ^a   Roy, David B ^a   Pywell, Richard F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bush Estate ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable agriculture; Bees; Ecosystem services; Functional diversity; Functional redundancy; Ground beetles; Natural pest control; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APOIDEA; CARABIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84892524928     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12171     Document Type: Article

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