Performance of Galerucella calmariensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Different North American Populations of Purple Loosestrife

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 439-445

  Blossey, Bernd ^a   Schat, Marjolein ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological weed control; Biomass allocation; Herbivory; Lythrum salicaria; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GALERUCELLA CALMARIENSIS; LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

EID: 0000879114     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.439     Document Type: Article

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