Natural biological control of the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Den. & Schiff.) by the Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Mayr) in Portugal

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-31

  Way, M J ^a   Paiva, M R ^b   Cammell, M E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological control; Linepithema humile; Pinus pinaster; Portugal; Predation; Thaumetopoea pityocampa

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LASIUS NIGER; LEPIDOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PINUS PINASTER; TAPINOMA NIGERRIMUM; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA;

EID: 0003375506     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.1999.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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