Biological control in a disturbed environment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1364, 1997, Pages 1935-1949

  Gubbins, Simon ^a   Gilligan, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNGAL PARASITE; HOST-PARASITE-HYPERPARASITE SYSTEM; PARASITE-HYPERPARASITE SYSTEM;

ASTERACEAE; LACTUCA SATIVA; SCLEROTINIA MINOR; SPORIDESMIUM SCLEROTIVORUM;

EID: 0031590817     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0180     Document Type: Article

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