Predation by ground beetles and wolf spiders on herbivorous insects in a maize crop

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-199

  Lang, Andreas ^a   Filser, Juliane ^a   Henschel, Johannes R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Carabidae; Generalist predators; Herbivores; Lycosidae; Natural enemies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GROUND BEETLE; HERBIVOROUS INSECT; MAIZE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; WOLF SPIDER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEETLE; HERBIVORE; INSECT; PREDATION; SPIDER;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HOMOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0033521927     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(98)00186-8     Document Type: Article

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