Responses of slug numbers and slug damage to crops in a silvoarable agroforestry landscape

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 252-260

  Griffiths, J ^a,b   Phillips, D S ^a,c   Compton, S G ^a   Wright, C ^a   Incoll, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arion; Arionidae; Deroceras reticulatum; Limacidae; Peas

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CROP PEST; SLUG;

UK, ENGLAND, WEST YORKSHIRE, BRAMHAM;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 0031878870     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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