Trading biodiversity for pest problems

Science Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a   Fausti, Scott W ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; NETWORK CENTRALITIES; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 85020711569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500558     Document Type: Article

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