Optimizing the use of decoy plots for blackbird control in commercial sunflower

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1442-1447

  Hagy, Heath M ^a   Linz, George M ^b   Bleier, William J ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird damage; Integrated pest management; Lure plots; Migration; WCSP

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HERB; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MIGRATORY POPULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PASSERINE; TRAPPING;

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 54849393200     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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