Oviposition Preference and Larval Performance of Nematus oligospilus (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Relation to Host Plant Vigor

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 615-625

  Carr, Timothy G ^a,b   Roininen, Heikki ^a,c   Price, Peter W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bottom up effects; Nematus oligospilus; Salix lasiolepis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001248767     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.3.615     Document Type: Article

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