Effects of apple orchard management strategies on the great tit (Parus major) in southeastern France

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2846-2852

  Bouvier, Jean Charles ^a   Toubon, Jean François ^a   Boivin, Thomas ^a   Sauphanor, Benoît ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Apple orchard; Management strategy; Parus major; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PEST CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

APPLE ORCHARD; MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; PARUS MAJOR; REPRODUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; ORCHARD; PASSERINE; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CROP PRODUCTION; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HATCHING; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD MANAGEMENT; PARUS MAJOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FRANCE; MALUS; OVIPOSITION; PASSERIFORMES; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; INSECTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 27144456220     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-588R1.1     Document Type: Article

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