Bat pest control contributes to food security in Thailand

Biological Conservation

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 220-223

  Wanger, Thomas Cherico ^a,b   Darras, Kevin ^c   Bumrungsri, Sara ^d   Tscharntke, Teja ^c   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^b,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asia; Biological pest control; Integrated Pest Management; Rice production; White Backed Planthopper; Wrinkle Lipped Bat; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894185813     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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