Eight years of ant-exclusion from citrus canopies: Effects on the arthropod assemblage and on fruit yield

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-57

  Piñol, Josep ^a   Espadaler, Xavier ^a   Cañellas, Núria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut Rubió i Tudurí   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Earwigs; Long term study; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CITRUS; DERMAPTERA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84856017127     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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