Use of a geographic information system to evaluate regional treatment effects in a gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) management program

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1192-1203

  Liebhold, Andrew ^a   Luzader, Eugene ^a   Reardon, Richard ^a   Bullard, Allan ^a   Roberts, Andrew ^b   Ravlin, William ^b   Delost, Susan ^a   Spears, Brian ^c  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

defoliation; geographical information system; gypsy moth; insecticide; Lymantria dispar; suppression

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0030503193     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.5.1192     Document Type: Article

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