Tailored flower strips promote natural enemy biodiversity and pest control in potato crops

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1169-1176

  Tschumi, Matthias ^a,b   Albrecht, Matthias ^a   Collatz, Jana ^a,c   Dubsky, Viktor ^a,c   Entling, Martin H ^b   Najar Rodriguez, Adriana J ^c   Jacot, Katja ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

agri environment schemes; conservation biological control; ecological intensification; ecosystem functioning; ecosystem services; functional biodiversity; habitat management; predators; sown field margin; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; APHID; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EGG PRODUCTION; FLOWER; FLY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; POTATO; PREDATOR; SOWING;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; NEUROPTERA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 84962733434     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12653     Document Type: Article

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