The impact of prairie strips on aphidophagous predator abundance and soybean aphid predation in agricultural catchments

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1185-1197

  Cox, Rachael ^a   O'neal, Matthew ^a   Hessel, Rene ^a   Schulte, Lisa A ^a   Helmers, Matthew ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; ecosystem service; habitat manipulation; natural enemy; STRIPS

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NATURAL ENEMY; PRAIRIE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SOYBEAN;

IOWA; NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GLYCINES; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; APHID; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON; SOYBEAN; SPIDER; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GRASSLAND; INSECTS; IOWA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SOYBEANS; SPIDERS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84923102491     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN13129     Document Type: Article

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