Effects of alternative cotton agriculture on avian and arthropod populations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1272-1282

  Cederbaum, Sandra B ^a   Carroll, John P ^a   Cooper, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Alternative agriculture; Clover; Conservation tillage; Cover crop; Integrated pest management; Relay stripcover; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARTHROPOD; CONSERVATION; COTTON; SONGBIRD;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PASSERI; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 5344224107     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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