Invertebrate community richness in New Zealand kiwifruit orchards under organic or integrated pest management

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 32-38

  Todd, Jacqui H ^a   Malone, Louise A ^a   McArdle, Brian H ^b   Benge, Jayson ^c   Poulton, Joanne ^a   Thorpe, Stephen ^d   Beggs, Jacqueline R ^d  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c C/O ZESPRI International Limited ^*  (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Invertebrate assemblages; Native invertebrates; Sustainable agriculture; Taxonomic richness

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWING SEASON; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; ORCHARD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TRAPPING;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79954634205     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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