Fear as a Biological Control? How Scaring Farm and Garden Pests Could Lessen Plant Damage

dc.contributor.author	Aflitto, Nicholas
dc.contributor.author	Thaler, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned	2016-12-08T20:20:37Z
dc.date.available	2016-12-08T20:20:37Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.description	NYS IPM Type: Vegetables IPM Fact Sheet	en_US
dc.description.abstract	For many of us the threats of predators — lions and bears, say — are long gone. Yet most animals face these pressures on a daily basis. The common pests in your garden or farm are no exception. Simply the threat of predation can greatly shape an organism’s behavior, internal function, and even what it looks like. For example, pea aphids that are exposed to predators are more likely to produce offspring that have wings (Weisser et al 1999).	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/45068
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	New York State IPM Program	en_US
dc.subject	Agricultural IPM
dc.subject	Vegetables
dc.subject	Biocontrol
dc.title	Fear as a Biological Control? How Scaring Farm and Garden Pests Could Lessen Plant Damage	en_US
dc.type	fact sheet	en_US

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