Prey availability, pesticides and the abundance of orchard spider communities

Biological Control

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-124

  Markó, Viktor ^a   Keresztes, Balázs ^b   Fountain, Michelle T ^c   Cross, Jerry V ^c  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^c EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apple orchard; Araneae; Immigration; Integrated pest management (IPM); Prey

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 58149114677     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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