Organic versus conventional management in an apple orchard: Effects of fertilization and tree-row management on ground-dwelling predaceous arthropods

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-142

  Minarro M ^a   Espadaler, X ^b   Melero, V X ^c   Suarez Alvarez V ^d  

^a Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Universidá d'Uviéu   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Araneae; Biodiversity; Carabidae; Conservation; Formicidae; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 65249100200     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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