Management strategy, shade, and landscape composition effects on Urban landscape plant quality and arthropod abundance

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1464-1472

  Braman, S K ^a   Latimer, J G ^a,b   Oetting, R D ^a   McQueen, R D ^a,c   Eckberg, T B ^a,c   Prinster, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TruGreen ChemLawn Technical Center South   (United States)

Author keywords

Azalea lace bug; Centipedegrass; Hollies; Integrated pest management; Twolined spittlebug; Zoysiagrass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0034294747     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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