Deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, in historical buildings: Monitoring the pest and its predators

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-104

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anobiidae; Coleoptera; Deathwatch beetle; Timber pest; Xestobium rufovillosum

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BUILDING; MONITORING; PEST SPECIES; PREDATOR;

ANOBIIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM); XESTOBIUM RUFOVILLOSUM;

EID: 0032734782     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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