Beneficial Insects in Fields Surrounded by Hedgerows in North Eastern Italy

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 310-323

  Paoletti, M G ^a   Boscolo, P ^a   Sommaggio, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; FIELD MARGIN; HEDGEROW; PREDATOR-PARASITOID COMMUNITY; WHEAT;

ITALY;

EID: 0031400561     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1997.9755206     Document Type: Article

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