The effect of increased habitat complexity and density-dependent non-consumptive interference on pest suppression by winter-active spiders
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Year of publication | 2017 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment |
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Web | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880917301445?via%3Dihub |
Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.03.025 |
Field | Zoology |
Keywords | araneae; pests; psylla |
Description | Here, we investigated whether the cardboard bands installed in pear trees in early winter improve the suppression of the serious pest pear psylla (Cacopsylla pyre) by winter-active spiders (Anyphaena accentuate and Philodromus spp.). |
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