Tree spatial structure, host composition and resource availability influence mirid density or black pod prevalence in cacao agroforests in cameroon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Gidoin, Cynthia ^a,b   Babin, Régis ^b,c   Beilhe, Leïla Bagny ^b,d   Cilas, Christian ^b   Hoopen, Gerben Martijn Ten ^b,d   Bieng, Marie Ange Ngo ^e  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^e Fonctionnement et Conduite des Systémes de Cultures Tropicaux et Méditerranéens   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BLACK POD; CACAO; CAMEROON; CROP PEST; CROP PRODUCTION; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGAKARYA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PEST INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAHLBERGELLA SINGULARIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREE; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROPTERA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MIRIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

ANIMALS; CACAO; CAMEROON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HETEROPTERA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908110486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109405     Document Type: Article

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