Early pest development and loss of biological control are associated with urban warming

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Meineke, Emily K ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^a   Frank, Steven D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem services; Parasitoid; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECTOTHERMY; EGG PRODUCTION; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; URBAN CLIMATE; WARMING;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; INSECT; LARVA; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CITIES; GLOBAL WARMING; HEMIPTERA; INSECTS; LARVA; NORTH CAROLINA; NYMPH; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 84961991682     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0586     Document Type: Article

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