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Author(s):Lorenzo, Alfredo B.; Legaspi, Jesusa C.; Pescador, Manuel; Muchovej, James J.; Duke, Edwin R.
Author Affiliation:Lorenzo, Muchovej and Duke: Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design and Management Program, Legaspi: USDA/ARS Center for Biological Control, Pescador: Entomology Program, Florida A&M University, Tallahasse, Florida;
Title:Alternative landscape design and management and insect diversity in residential landscapes
Section:Garden and landscape
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Meeting Info.:Sheraton World Resort, Florida: June 8-10, 2003
Source:Proceedings of the Florida State HorticulturalSociety. Vol. 116, 2003, p. 351-355.
Publishing Information:Tallahassee, FL: Florida State Horticulture Society
# of Pages:5
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Landscape design; Choice of species; Biodiversity
Geographic Terms:Talahassee, Florida
Abstract/Contents:"An analysis of data collected from several residential landscapes in Tallahassee, Florida, revealed positive and negative relationships between the number of predator insects and pests in the landscape and the richness, evenness and abundance of plant species at the site. Increasing the diversity of plants in a residential landscape may increase the number of predators while decreasing the number of pests that will be found in a site for two likely reasons. First, relatively few plants harbored pests throughout the period of the study. Therefore, adding plants of the same species had little effect on altering the number of predator insects and pest [ pests] in a landscape. Also, pests tend to be relatively specialized in their key host range. Adding different species of plants to a landscape creates more opportunities for specialized insects to colonize the site and alters the richness and abundance of the insect population. These results can provide landscape designers and managers information to make decisions on plant usage more efficiently and effectively."
Language:English
References:12
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Legaspi, J. C., M. Pescador, J. J. Muchovej, J. J. Muchovej, E. R. Duke, and A. B. Lorenzo. 2003. Alternative landscape design and management and insect diversity in residential landscapes. p. 351-355. In Proceedings of the Florida State HorticulturalSociety. Sheraton World Resort, Florida: June 8-10, 2003. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State Horticulture Society.
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