Habitat isolation affects plant-herbivore-enemy interactions on cherry trees

Biological Control

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-64

  Schüepp, Christof ^a,b   Uzman, Deniz ^b   Herzog, Felix ^c   Entling, Martin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Conservation biological control; Fragmentation per se; Landscape composition; Productivity; Prunus avium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894093356     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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