Insectivorous birds and their significance in a cotton-wheat based agro-ecosystem of Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-143

  Hussain, Iftikhar ^a   Afzal, Muhammad ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; Cotton; Food habits; Insectivorous birds; Pakistan; Population

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIET; PEST CONTROL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; APHIDIDAE; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CORACIIFORMES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 21044442845     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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