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Title: | Stone structures as potential aggregation sites for coccinellids in managed landscapes | Contributor(s): | Saunders, Manu (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22861 | Abstract: | Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are predators of aphid and psyllid species and are often released or encouraged into timber plantations as natural enemies of economic pests. Some temperate coccinellid species overwinter in mass aggregations; however, little is known about coccinellid aggregations in Australia. Aggregations of Harmonia conformis were observed only on stone walls of a camp shelter near Shelley, Victoria in July 2014. Publication of more observational records and dedicated surveys will determine if old stone walls and buildings in managed landscapes have the potential to provide overwintering habitat for natural enemies and other beneficial insects. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | The Victorian Naturalist, 132(3), p. 86-88 | Publisher: | The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 0042-5184 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity 060808 Invertebrate Biology 060201 Behavioural Ecology |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 410401 Conservation and biodiversity 310913 Invertebrate biology 310301 Behavioural ecology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences 180606 Terrestrial biodiversity |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=287324547217175;res=IELHSS |
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