Host selection behaviour of deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum: Oviposition preference choice assays testing old vs new oak timber, Quercus sp.

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-199

  Belmain, S R ^a   Blaney, W M ^a   Simmonds, M S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anobiidae; Coleoptera; Deathwatch beetle; Host selection behaviour; Oviposition; Quercus sp.; Timber pest; Xestobium rufovillosum

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEETLE; HOST SELECTION; OVIPOSITION;

ANIMALIA; ANOBIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; QUERCUS; XESTOBIUM RUFOVILLOSUM;

EID: 0032419476     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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