Title | Fire, mowing and insecticide effects on soil Sternorrhyncha (Homoptera) densities in tallgrass prairie |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1991 |
Authors | Seastedt, TR, Reddy, VM |
Journal | Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society |
Volume | 64 |
Pagination | 238 -242 |
Accession Number | KNZ00336 |
Keywords | tallgrass prairie |
Abstract | Densities of soil-dwelling Sternorrhyncha (Aphidoidea + Coccoidea) in tallgrass prairie significantly increased in response to application of a foliar insecticide (carbaryl). Densities of these soil homopterans also increased in response to mowing of vegetation. Spring burning of vegetation to enhance grass production did not have a strong affect on total populations. Resource abundance of cool season grasses, as mediated by competition from other herbivores, best explain these patterns |
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