Predaceous coccinellidae in biological control

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue , 1998, Pages 295-321

  Obrycki, John J ^a   Kring, Timothy J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Classical biological control; Coleoptera; Conservation; Importation; Predators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031937884     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.295     Document Type: Review

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