Connecting scales: Achieving in-field pest control from areawide and landscape ecology studies

Insect Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-51

  Schellhorn, Nancy A ^a   Parry, Hazel R ^a   Macfadyen, Sarina ^a   Wang, Yongmo ^b   Zalucki, Myron P ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Entomophagous arthropods; Integrated pest management (IPM); Natural enemies; Pest control; Predators and parasitoids

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PARASITOLOGY; PREDATION; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84921462475     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12161     Document Type: Review

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