Effects of plant density on the survival rate of cabbage pests

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-188

  Yamamura, Kohji ^a   Yano, Eizi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herbivores; Mortality; Patchiness; Stability

Indexed keywords

AUTOGRAPHA; AUTOGRAPHA NIGRISIGNA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 0000016044     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101440050021     Document Type: Article

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