A keystone ant species provides robust biological control of the coffee berry borer under varying pest densities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Morris, Jonathan R ^a   Vandermeer, John ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; AZTECA SERICEASUR; BERRY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; COFFEE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WEEVIL;

COFFEE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTS; COFFEE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; WEEVILS;

EID: 84955485004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142850     Document Type: Article

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