Attributes of natural enemies in ephemeral crop habitats

Biological Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-22

  Wiedenmann, Robert N ^a,b   Smith Jr , J W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Ephemeral crop habitats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031238834     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0544     Document Type: Article

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