Life cycle, behaviour and conservation of the large endemic weevil, Hadramphus spinipennis on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-66

  Schops K ^a,b   Wratten, S D ^a   Emberson, R M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aciphylla dieffenbachii; Behaviour; Chatham islands; Conservation; Hadramphus spinipennis; Life history; Phenology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOST PREFERENCE; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACIPHYLLA DIEFFENBACHII; APIACEAE; APIALES; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HADRAMPHUS; HADRAMPHUS SPINIPENNIS; INSECTA; PSEUDOPANAX;

EID: 0032862229     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9518178     Document Type: Article

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