Abundance of Neopelma baccharidis (Homoptera: Psyllidae) Galls on the Dioecious Shrub Baccharis dracunculifolia (Asteraceae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 870-876

  Espirito Santo M M ^a   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Insect galls; Insect herbivory; Natural enemies; Plant phenology; Plant sex

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS DRACUNCULIFOLIA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEOPELMA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 0000954517     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.4.870     Document Type: Article

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