Dispersal characteristics of the yucca weevil (Scyphophorus yuccae) in a flowering field of yucca whipplei

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-43

  Huxman, Travis E ^a,b   Huxman, Kimberly A ^a,b   Stamer, Marc R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

insect dispersal; Scyphophorus yuccae; yucca weevils; Yucca whipplei

Indexed keywords

SCYPHOPHORUS YUCCAE; YUCCA WHIPPLEI;

EID: 0030893745     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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