Pesticide Effect on Faunal Composition, Abundance, and Body Length of Spiders (Araneae) in Apple Orchards

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 763-776

  Wisniewska, Joanna ^a   Prokopy, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple orchards; Araneae; Insecticides; Integrated pest management

Indexed keywords

ANYPHAENIDAE; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARTHROPODA; ELAGATIS; MALUS PUMILA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; OXYOPIDAE; PHILODROMIDAE; SALTICIDAE; THERIDIIDAE; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 0009316158     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.4.763     Document Type: Article

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