Seasonal and diurnal dynamics of beneficial insect populations in apple orchards under different management intensity

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 415-424

  Brown, M W ^a   Schmitt, J J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Biodiversity; Biological control; Diel periodicity; Orchard management

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL INSECT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PARASITISM; PEST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ORCHARD; PARASITOID; PREDATOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOPIDAE; CLERIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIOPTERYIGIDAE; CONIOPTERYX; DIPTERA; ENCYRTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPTOTHRIPS; LEPTOTHRIPS MALI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEUROPTERA; PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE; PLATYGASTERIDAE; PLATYGASTRIDAE; PRUNUS CERASUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; SCELIONIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0034759149     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.2.415     Document Type: Article

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