Population Growth of Rhinocyllus conicus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Two Species of Native Thistles in Prairie

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 834-841

  Louda, Svaťa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curculionidae; Host range expansion; Invasion; Musk thistle; Nontarget effects; Risks of biological control

Indexed keywords

CARDUUS; CARDUUS NUTANS; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM CANESCENS; CIRSIUM UNDULATUM; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; INSECTA; RHINOCYLLUS CONICUS;

EID: 0001431557     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.4.834     Document Type: Article

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