Effects of dairy slurry application on carabid beetles in tall fescue, British Columbia, Canada

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 527-534

  Raworth, D A ^a   Robertson, M C ^a   Bittman, S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical fertilizer; Dairy slurry; Predation; Pterostichus melanarius; Species diversity; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; SLURRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALLIUM CEPA; COLEOPTERA; DELIA; DELIA ANTIQUA; FESTUCA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PTEROSTICHUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 3142530683     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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