Influence of native ants on arthropod communities in a vineyard

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-232

  Chong, Chee Seng ^a   D'Alberto, Clare ^a   Thomson, Linda ^a   Hoffmann, Ary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Exclusion; Iridomyrmex; Light brown apple moth; Native ants; Scale insects; Spiders; Vineyard.

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DERMAPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; IRIDOMYRMEX; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VITACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 77954518597     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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