Ecological production functions for biological control services in agricultural landscapes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-252

  Jonsson, Mattias ^a   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a   Ekbom, Barbara ^a   Smith, Henrik G ^b   Bengtsson, Jan ^a   Caballero Lopez, Berta ^c   Winqvist, Camilla ^a   Olsson, Ola ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphid; Economic value; Ecosystem service; Land use; Model; Natural enemy; Pest; Predator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897766612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12149     Document Type: Article

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