Benutzer: Gast  Login
Titel:

Social context influence on urban gardener perceptions of pests and management practices

Dokumenttyp:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Autor(en):
Liere, Heidi; Egerer, Monika; Sanchez, Carly; Bichier, Peter; Philpott, Stacy
Abstract:
Community gardens are important urban green spaces with a variety of social and ecological benefits, one of which is access to healthy food. Similar to rural agriculture, the quantity and quality of the food produced can be compromised by pest damage. In fact, many urban gardeners report crop damages caused by vertebrate and invertebrate pests. Yet, because the food produced in community gardens is mostly for self-consumption and thus not under market quality standards, the damage thresholds and...     »
Stichworte:
Pest Control,Urban agriculture,Urban community gardens,agroecology,conservation biological control
Zeitschriftentitel:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Jahr:
2020
Band / Volume:
4
Heft / Issue:
October
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
162
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.3389/FSUFS.2020.547877
Print-ISSN:
2571-581X
 BibTeX