Ant foraging reduces the abundance of beneficial and incidental arthropods in citrus canopies

Biological Control

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-126

  James, David G ^a   Stevens, Mark M ^a   O'Malley, Karen J ^a   Faulder, Richard J ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant foraging; Beneficial arthropods; Biological control; Citrus; Iridomyrmex spp.

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BUG; CITRUS FRUIT; COCKROACH; LACEWING; MITE; PSOCID; SPIDER; WASP;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; DIASPIDIDAE; FORMICIDAE; IRIDOMYRMEX; IRIDOMYRMEX RUFONIGER; NEUROPTERA; POMPILIDAE; PSOCIDAE; PSOCOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032910118     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0678     Document Type: Article

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