Changing diversity of hymenopteran parasitoids from organically and conventionally managed tea-ecosystem of North Bengal, India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 505-509

  Das, Soma ^a   Sarker, Mayukh ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Ananda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Hymenopteran parasitoids; Tea ecosystem

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE;

PARASITOID; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYMENOPTERA; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PLANT GROWTH; PLANTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TEA;

ASIA; BENGAL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

BRACONIDAE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; SCELIONIDAE;

EID: 21244431886     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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