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SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 7, Pages 1612-1614Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.03.024
Keywords
Agriotes obscurus; Below-ground dispersal; delta C-13; delta N-15; Soil pest; Wireworms
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- Austrian Science Fund [P20377]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P20377] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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Tracking the movement of soil-living herbivores is difficult, albeit important for understanding their spatial ecology as well as for pest management. In this study the movement of Agriotes obscurus larvae between plots harbouring isotopically different plants was examined. Neither between maize and wheat nor between maize and grassland movement could be detected. These data suggest that Agriotes larvae rarely disperse between crops as long as local food supply is sufficient. Moreover, the current approach provides a new means to study the dispersal of soil invertebrates in situ. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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