Assessing the reduction of caterpillar numbers by Great Tits Parus major breeding in apple orchards

Ardea

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-269

  Mols, Christel M M ^a   Van Noordwijk, Arie J ^a   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological control; Foraging behaviour; Fruit orchards; Parus major; Pest management; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HATCHING DATE; ORCHARD; PASSERINE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 33644625591     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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