Exotic birch-Leafmining sawflies (hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Alberta: Distributions, seasonal activities, and the potential for competition

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-333

  Digweed, Scott C ^a   Spence, John R ^a   Langor, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENUSA PUSILLA; HETERARTHRUS; HETERARTHRUS NEMORATUS; HYMENOPTERA; PROFENUSA; PROFENUSA THOMSONI; SYMPHYTA; TENTHREDINIDAE;

BIRCH-LEAFMINING SAWFLY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEAFMINER; SEASONAL ACTIVITY;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0030614131     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129319-2     Document Type: Article

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