Cover crop mulch and weed management influence arthropod communities in strip-tilled cabbage

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-306

  Bryant, Alexandria ^a   Brainard, Daniel C ^a   Haramoto, Erin R ^a   Szendrei, Zsofia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

habitat management; herbicide; herbivore; oat; predator

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CANOLA; CEREAL; COVER CROP; ENTOMOLOGY; GUILD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; HERBIVORE; MULCHING; NATURAL ENEMY; NICHE BREADTH; SUPERPARASITISM; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BRASSICA; ECOSYSTEM; EVALUATION; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; METHODOLOGY; OAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; AVENA SATIVA; BIOTA; BRASSICA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HERBICIDES; HERBIVORY; MICHIGAN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEED CONTROL;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 84875822324     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12192     Document Type: Article

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