Prescribed fire effects on biological control of leafy spurge

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 489-493

  Fellows, David P ^a   Newton, Wesley E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphthona nigriscutis; Euphorbia esula; Flea beetles; Northern Great Plains

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FIRE; GRASSLAND;

ALTICINI; APHTHONA; APHTHONA NIGRISCUTIS; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; EUPHORBIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0032880472     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003776     Document Type: Article

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