Mesostigmata (Gamasina, uropodina), efficient predators in agroecosystems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 105-117

  Koehler, Hartmut H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Ecotoxicology; Gamasina; Mesostigmata

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; COLLEMBOLA; GAMASIDA; GAMASINA; INVERTEBRATA; MESOSTIGMATA; NEMATODA; TETRANYCHIDAE; UROPODINA;

AGROECOSYSTEM; BENEFICIAL ARTHROPOD; PESTICIDE; PREDATOR; SOIL FAUNA;

EID: 0031439038     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8809(96)01141-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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