Outbreaks of pink wax scale, Ceroplastes rubens Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae), on umbrella trees in south-eastern Queensland: Patterns of parasitisation

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 328-334

  Loch, A D ^a   Zalucki, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Density independence; Hyperparasitisation; Inverse density dependence; Spatial density dependence

Indexed keywords

CEROPLASTES RUBENS; COCCIDAE; HEMIPTERA; SCHEFFLERA ACTINOPHYLLA;

EID: 0004711029     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01592.x     Document Type: Article

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