Comparison of Three Egg Mass Survey Methods in Relation to Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Defoliation in Michigan

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 485-495

  Buss, Lyle J ^a   Mccullough, Deborah G ^a   Ramm, Carl W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

100 tree plots; Entomaphaga maimaiga; Fixed radius plots; Lymantria dispar; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Timed walks

Indexed keywords

CYPOVIRUS; ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; QUERCUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0007596703     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.3.485     Document Type: Article

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