Linear patterns of dispersal and build up of the introduced parasitoid Microctonus hyperodae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Canterbury, New Zealand

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-353

  Goldson, S L ^a   Proffitt, J R ^a   McNeill, M R ^a   Baird, D B ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES;

CANTERBURY; NEW ZEALAND;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LISTRONOTUS; LISTRONOTUS BONARIENSIS; MICROCTONUS HYPERODAE;

EID: 0032864757     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485399000486     Document Type: Article

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