Tools and techniques for investigating impacts of habitat complexity on biological control

Biological Control

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-57

  Chisholm, Paul J ^a   Gardiner, Mary M ^b   Moon, Elliott G ^a   Crowder, David W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Geographical information systems; Landscape ecology; Landscape simplification; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902282126     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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