Interactions between the Douglas-fir seed chalcid, Megastigmus spermotrophus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), and the western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 775-782

  Blatt, S E ^a,b   Borden, J H ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA;

FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PEST SPECIES; SEED PREDATION;

ABIES; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHALCIDIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; COREIDAE; EURYTOMIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOGLOSSUS OCCIDENTALIS; LYGAEIDAE; MEGASTIGMUS SPERMOTROPHUS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TORYMIDAE;

EID: 0032422823     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent130775-6     Document Type: Article

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