Maintaining spider biodiversity in agroecosystems as a tool in pest control

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 229-235

  Marc, Patrick ^a   Canard, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Functional groups; Orchards; Pests; Predator; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS;

AGROECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; PEST CONTROL; SPIDER;

EID: 0031439039     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8809(96)01133-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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