Conservation biological control and pest performance in lawn turf: Does mowing height matter?

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 648-659

  Dobbs, Emily K ^a   Potter, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Mowing; Pest management; Sustainable lawns; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; LAWN MOWERS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; MOWING; PEST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE LAWNS; TURFGRASS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUEL;

ANT; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANOPY; CATERPILLAR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWING SEASON; GRUB; LANDSCAPE; NATURAL ENEMY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PEST INSECT; PEST POPULATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PREDATION; ROOT SYSTEM; TALL FESCUE; TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ECOSYSTEM; GARDENING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; POACEAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GARDENING; HERBIVORY; KENTUCKY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84898538947     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0226-2     Document Type: Article

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