Vegetation management in organic cabbages and pitfall catches of carabid beetles

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-276

  Armstrong, G ^a   McKinlay, R G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cabbages; Carabid beetles; Carabidae; Intercropping; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

CABBABE; CROP MANAGEMENT; INTERCROPPING; PITFALL TRAP; WHITE CLOVER;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICACEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE; LORICERA PILICORNIS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030862505     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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