| Literature DB >> 661961 |
J R Beddington, C A Free, J H Lawton.
Abstract
Biological control of insect pests is characterised by a persistent, strong reduction in the pest population following the introduction of a natural enemy. Analysis of mathematical models suggests that differential exploitation of patches of the pest in a spatially heterogeneous environment provides the most likely mechanism to account for known successes.Mesh:
Year: 1978 PMID: 661961 DOI: 10.1038/273513a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962