Quantifying the contribution of birds to the control of arthropod pests on kale, Brassica oleracea acephala, a key crop in East African highland farmland

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-216

  Ndang'ang'a, Paul Kariuki ^a,b   Njoroge, John B M ^b   Vickery, Juliet ^c  

^a BirdLife International Africa Partnership Secretariat   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

avian; conservation; crop damage; dry season; ecosystem services; Kenya; wet season

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANGIOSPERM; APHID; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP DAMAGE; DRY SEASON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST SPECIES; THRIPS; UPLAND REGION; WET SEASON;

KENYA;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ACEPHALA; BRASSICA SP.; INVERTEBRATA; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 84887031479     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2013.820005     Document Type: Article

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