Lethal and sublethal effects of ivermectin on the dung-breeding beetles Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche) and Onitis alexis Klug (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 123-131

  Kruger K ^a   Scholtz, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Avermectins; Dung beetles; Fecundity; Fertility; Larval development

Indexed keywords

EUONITICELLUS INTERMEDIUS; COLEOPTERA; ONITIS ALEXIS; SCARABAEIDAE;

CATTLE DUNG; DUNG BEETLE; IVERMECTIN;

EID: 0030619432     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01108-5     Document Type: Article

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