Landscape context and management effects on an important insect pest and its natural enemies in almond

Biological Control

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-394

  Eilers, Elisabeth Johanna ^a,b   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyelois transitella; Biological control; Birds; Ecosystem services dis services; Parasitoids; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AMYELOIS TRANSITELLA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PRUNUS DULCIS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350011797     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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