Spiders associated with apple trees in Virginia with notes on their importance in controlling orchard insect pests

The species complex and population dynamics of spiders were studied in an abandoned and several commercial apple orchards in Virginia. There were 68 and 45 species found in the abandoned and combined commercial orchards respectively. Species numbers in individual commercial orchards ranged from 18-2...

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Main Author: McCaffrey, Joseph P.
Other Authors: Entomology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45329
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10302008-120717/