Effects of Conventional Insecticides and Insect Growth Regulators on Fecundity and Other Life-Table Parameters of Micromus tasmaniae (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-40

  Rumpf, Silke ^a,b,c   Frampton, Chris ^c   Dietrich, Daniel Reto ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Insecticides; Lacewings; Life table parameters; Micromus tasmaniae; Power analyses

Indexed keywords

HEMEROBIIDAE; INSECTA; MICROMUS; MICROMUS TASMANIAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 0001791930     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.1.34     Document Type: Article

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