Effects of the concurrent exclusion of ants and earwigs on aphid abundance in an organic citrus grove

BioControl

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-527

  Piñol, Josep ^a   Espadaler, Xavier ^a   Cañellas, Núria ^b   Pérez, Nicolás ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IES M Rubió i Tudurí ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphis spiraecola; Biological control; Coccinellidae; Forficula auricularia; Formicidae; Heteroptera; Neuroptera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; FRUIT; MUTUALISM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS SPIRAECOLA; CITRUS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; FORFICULA AURICULARIA; FORFICULIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 68949107231     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-008-9203-8     Document Type: Article

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