Pest control service provided by bats in Mediterranean rice paddies: Linking agroecosystems structure to ecological functions

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-245

  Puig Montserrat, Xavier ^a,d   Torre, Ignasi ^a   López Baucells, Adrià ^a   Guerrieri, Emilio ^b   Monti, Maurilia M ^b   Ràfols García, Ruth ^a   Ferrer, Xavier ^c   Gisbert, David ^c   Flaquer, Carles ^a  

^a Granollers Museum of Natural Sciences   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

^c ADV Crop Defence Association Agrupació   (Spain)

^d Galanthus Association   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chilo supressalis; Ecosystem services; Integrated pest management; Pipistrellus pygmaeus; Rice paddies

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BAT; CROP DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOTH; PADDY FIELD; PEST CONTROL; RICE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

CHILO; LEPIDOPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84983208420     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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