Predator body sizes and habitat preferences predict predation rates in an agroecosystem

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 250-259

  Rusch, Adrien ^a   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

Biological control; Body size; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem services; Functional diversity; Intraguild predation; Life history traits; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 84926417582     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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