Natural enemy ravine revisited: The importance of sample size for determining population growth

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-91

  Jarošík, Vojtěch ^a   Honěk, Alois ^b   Dixon, Anthony F G ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cereal aphids; Natural enemy ravine; Population density; Populationgrowth; Sample size

Indexed keywords

APHID; NATURAL ENEMY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; METOPOLOPHIUM DIRHODUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; SITOBION AVENAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037327610     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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