The Effect of Plant Cover and Weather on the Activity Density of Ground Surface Arthropods in a Fallow Field

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 203-210

  Honek, Alois ^a  

^a Res Institute for Plant Nutrition   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BODY SIZE; FALLOW; PLANT COVER; SHADE; WEATHER;

EID: 0031396742     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1997.9755195     Document Type: Article

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