Influence of Noncrop Habitats on the Distribution of Eriborus terebrans (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Cornfields

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 924-932

  Dyer, Lawrence E ^a,b   Landis, Douglas A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural ecology; Conservation biological control; Eriborus terebrans; Landscape ecology; Natural enemies; Ostrinia nubilalis

Indexed keywords

ERIBORUS; ERIBORUS TEREBRANS; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0001096976     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.4.924     Document Type: Article

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