Pest-suppression potential of midwestern landscapes under contrasting bioenergy scenarios.

Biomass crops grown on marginal soils are expected to fuel an emerging bioenergy industry in the United States. Bioenergy crop choice and position in the landscape could have important impacts on a range of ecosystem services, including natural pest-suppression (biocontrol services) provided by pred...

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Main Authors: Timothy D Meehan, Ben P Werling, Douglas A Landis, Claudio Gratton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3405014?pdf=render