Temporal change in vegetation productivity in grain production landscapes: Linking landscape complexity with pest and natural enemy communities

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 56-69

  Macfadyen, Sarina ^a   Kramer, Elizabeth A ^b   Parry, Hazel R ^a   Schellhorn, Nancy A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Configuration; Connectivity; Landscape complexity; Natural enemies; Pest suppressive landscapes; Temporal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURAL ENEMY; NDVI; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION OUTBREAK; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84939772098     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12213     Document Type: Article

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