Pest damage and arthropod community structure in organic vs. conventional tomato production in California

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 557-570

  Letourneau, D K ^a   Goldstein, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological control; Farm management practices; GIS; Insect pests; Landscape patterns; Multivariate analysis; Natural enemies

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP DAMAGE; FARMING SYSTEM; PEST SPECIES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034941701     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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