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Measurement and simulation of spatio-temporal dynamics to reduce pesticide inputs

Reference	D10132
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Linton Winder
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Joe Perry
Institution	University of Plymouth
Department	Biological Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	152,037
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/1999
End date	01/04/2001
Duration	24 months

Abstract

The decline of biodiversity in intensive arable farmland may be arrested by Integrated Crop management (ICM), but this is hampered by poor understanding of the spatial interactions between key components of the arable ecosystem. Ecological hypotheses will be tested within a natural cereal ecosystem, to isolate the mechanisms through which these interactions vary over different spatial and temporal scales during a growing season. Novel methodologies will measure the spatial pattern of counts of pests and of their natural enemies, and their spatial association, and relate these to key environmental factors. Spatially-referenced multi-scaled models and simulations will be used to assess the effects on predator efficiency, and to develop appropriate new ICM strategies. (Joint with 206/S10133).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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D10133 Measurement and simulation of spatio-temporal dynamics to reduce pesticide inputs

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