Management intensity at field and landscape levels affects the structure of generalist predator communities

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 971-983

  Rusch, Adrien ^a,c   Birkhofer, Klaus ^b   Bommarco, Riccardo ^c   Smith, Henrik G ^b   Ekbom, Barbara ^c  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agri environmental measures; Biological pest control; Community composition; Crop rotation; Functional diversity; Natural enemies; Organic farming; Traits

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP ROTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIELD SURVEY; GENERALIST; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NATURAL ENEMY; ORGANIC FARMING;

ARANEAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; SPIDER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

EID: 84902815015     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2949-z     Document Type: Article

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