Response of ground-dwelling arthropods to a 'push-pull' habitat management system: Spiders as an indicator group

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-254

  Midega, C A O ^a   Khan, Z R ^a   Van Den Berg, J ^b   Ogol, C K P O ^c   Dippenaar Schoeman, A S ^d,e   Pickett, J A ^f   Wadhams, L J ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Push pull'; Abundance; Araneae; Arthropods; Diversity; Habitat management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ATTRACTANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; PEST CONTROL; PITFALL TRAP; REPELLENT; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER; STEM BORER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM UNCINATUM; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 40849096173     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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