Population dynamics of the white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi, infesting jack pine, Pinus banksiana, in Ontario, Canada

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-313

  Nealis, V G ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pissodes strobi; Population dynamics; Predation; White pine weevil

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIPTERA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PISSODES STROBI;

EID: 0031821017     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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