The population ecology of Amorbus Dallas (Hemiptera: Coreidae) species in Australia

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Steinbauer, Martin J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amorbus; Eucalyptus; Life history theory; Population dynamics; Preference performance linkage

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

AMORBUS; AMORBUS DALLAS; ANIMALIA; COREIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032882295     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00481.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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