Phenological Comparison of Two Braconid Parasitoids of the Caribbean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 360-365

  Sivinski, J ^a   Aluja, M ^a,b   Holler, T ^a,c   Eitam, A ^a,d  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b AC   (Mexico)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Braconidae; Diachasmimorpha; Doryctobracon; Fruit flies; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007945065     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.360     Document Type: Article

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