Response of pest control by generalist predators to local-scale plant diversity: A meta-analysis

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1143-1153

  Dassou, Anicet Gbèblonoudo ^a,b,c   Tixier, Philippe ^a,d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CARBAP   (Cameroon)

^c Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Dassa   (Benin)

^d CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Biological control; Effect size; Herbivores; Local scale; Pest regulation service; Plant diversity; Predation; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958906112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1917     Document Type: Article

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