The population biology of the Australian sheep blowfly, lucilia cuprina, in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 529-535

  Gleeson, D M ^a   Heath, A C G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Calliphoridae; Flystrike; Gene flow; Lucilia cuprina; Population biology; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION BIOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031430041     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1997.9513275     Document Type: Article

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