Spider ballooning in soybean and non-crop areas of southeast Queensland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 273-281

  Pearce, Sarina ^a   Zalucki, Myron P ^a   Hassan, Errol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dispersal; Linyphiidae; Lycosidae; Soybean; Water traps

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; DISPERSAL; MOVEMENT; SPIDER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ARANEAE; GLYCINE MAX; LINYPHIIDAE; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 9644268182     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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