Claim · model-written summary
Harvesting decreased the ladybird aggregation index.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- Harvestinge0
- Interactor
- ladybirdsCoccinellidaee0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- index of aggregatione0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Harvesting decreased the aggregation of the ladybirds, which resulted in a decrease in the index of aggregation.”
t0“Alfalfa Fields?”
Title
Does Harvesting Affect the Spatio-Temporal Signature of Pests and Natural Enemies in Alfalfa Fields?
Mahsa Ghahramani; Roghaiyeh Karimzadeh; Shahzad Iranipour; et al. Agronomy 2019. doi:10.3390/agronomy9090532
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