Beneficial arthropods respond differentially to wildflower areas of different age

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 465-480

  Frank, Thomas ^a,b   Aeschbacher, Simone ^a,c   Barone, Mario ^a   Künzle, Irene ^a,d   Lethmayer, Christa ^a,e   Mosimann, Corinne ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^d Natural Park Thal   (Switzerland)

^e AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^f Federal Office for Agriculture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; HETEROPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79551681018     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0607     Document Type: Article

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