The effects of refuge size and number on acarine predator-prey dynamics in a pesticide-disturbed apple orchard

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-331

  Lester, P J ^a   Thistlewood, H M A ^b   Harmsen, R ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biological control; Dispersal; Pyrethroid; Spider mites; Typhlodromus caudiglans

Indexed keywords

NON-TARGET EFFECT; PESTICIDE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGE;

ACARI; PANONYCHUS ULMI; PHOTOSEIIDAE; STIGMAEIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TYPHLODROMUS CAUDIGLANS; ZETZELLIA MALI;

EID: 0031927222     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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