Effects of ground cover (straw and compost) on the abundance of natural enemies and soil macro invertebrates in vineyards

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Thomson, Linda J ^a,b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b  

^a Adelaide Laboratory   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beetles; Compost; Conservation; Natural enemies; Straw; Water spiders

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; SIGMURETHRA;

EID: 33947260948     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2007.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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