Distribution pattern and sampling of eggs of the western hemlock looper (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in mature western hemlock stands

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1531-1536

  Liang, Qiwei ^a,b   Otvos, Imre S ^c   Bradfield, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Pacific Forestry Centre ^*  (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

effect of tree variables; egg sampling; Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa; sample size; sampling unit size; spatial dispersion

Indexed keywords

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; GEOMETRIDAE; LAMBDINA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA LUGUBROSA; LEPIDOPTERA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0030512851     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.6.1531     Document Type: Article

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