Temperature Gradient on Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Adult Dispersal in Stored Wheat

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-129

  Hagstrum, David W ^a   Flinn, Faul W ^a   Gaffney, Jerry J ^a,b,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c Gaffney Engineering Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal behavior; Stored products; Temperature preference; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011116370     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.1.123     Document Type: Article

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