Modular habitat refugia enhance generalist predators and lower plant damage in soybeans

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 383-393

  Halaj, Juraj ^a,b   Cady, Alan B ^a   Uetz, George W ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod conservation; Biological control; Harvestmen; Predaceous beetles; Soybean damage; Spiders

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; GLYCINE MAX; HABITAT; PLANT GROWTH; PREDATION; SPIDER;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; REFUGE; SOYBEAN;

ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; GLYCINE MAX; OPILIONES;

EID: 0033862048     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/29.2.383     Document Type: Article

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