Ants (Azteca sp.) as potential biological control agents in shade coffee production in Chiapas, Mexico

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-276

  Vandermeer, John ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Ibarra Nuñez, Guillermo ^b   Phillpott, Stacy ^a   Garcia Ballinas, Alvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Food webs; Integrated Pest Management; Natural enemies; Pest control; Shade trees

Indexed keywords

ANT; COFFEE; FOOD WEB; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

MEXICO;

ARANEAE; AZTECA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0036957172     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021328820123     Document Type: Article

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