Seed feeding, seed caching, and burrowing behaviors of Harpalus rufipes de geer larvae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the maine potato agroecosystem

Biological Control

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-100

  Hartke, Alden ^a,c   Drummond, Francis A ^b   Liebman, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amaranthus retroflexus; Beetle; Carabidae; Common lambsquarters; Harpalus rufipes; Larvae; Potato Chenopodium album; Redroot pigweed; Seed caching; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL;

AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; BRASSICA KABER; BRASSICA RAPA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; HARPALUS RUFIPES;

EID: 0031695147     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0645     Document Type: Article

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