Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Landscape Ecol (2018) 33:985–998 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0645-9 RESEARCH ARTICLE Cityscape quality and resource manipulation affect natural enemy biodiversity in and fidelity to urban agroecosystems . . . Monika H. Egerer Heidi Liere Peter Bichier Stacy M. Philpott Received: 12 January 2018 / Accepted: 23 April 2018 / Published online: 4 May 2018 Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract wasps) communities and their fidelity to urban Context Complex landscapes with high resource habitats. availability can support more diverse natural enemy Methods We performed two manipulations. First, communities and better natural pest control by we added local floral resources in 6 of 12 gardens providing resources and facilitating organism disper- situated in different cityscapes to measure differences sal. Moreover, in agricultural landscapes, local agroe- in natural enemy biodiversity. Second, in those 12 cosystem management can support biodiversity gardens, with and without resource additions, we maintenance and pest control by adding resources in manipulated populations of a common natural enemy, less complex landscapes with fewer resources. How- Hippodamia convergens, to assess fidelity to the ever, we lack an understanding of how local and gardens. landscape factors interact to affect natural enemy Results Floral resource additions increased para- communities and their
Landscape Ecology – Springer Journals
Published: May 4, 2018
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.