Dataset on the regulation of banana weevil abundance and corm damage associated with plant richness and the ground-dwelling arthropods' food web.
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SUBMITTER: Poeydebat C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5712055 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
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Dataset on the regulation of banana weevil abundance and corm damage associated with plant richness and the ground-dwelling arthropods' food web.
Poeydebat Charlotte C Tixier Philippe P De Bellaire Luc De Lapeyre LL Carval Dominique D
Data in brief 20170914
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Plant richness enhances banana weevil regulation in a tropical agroecosystem by affecting a multitrophic food web " [1]. It provides information about plant species richness, weevil corm damage and the abundance of different arthropod groups, including the banana weevil and its potential natural enemies and alternative preys. ...[more]
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