The effects of organic farming on pest and non-pest butterfly abundance

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-139

  Feber, R E ^a   Firbank, L G ^b   Johnson, P J ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field margins; Firming systems; Pieris brassicae; Pieris rapae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONVENTIONAL FARMLAND; INSECT PEST; ORGANIC FARMLAND;

UK;

LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0030779840     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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