A survey of insects attacking seed cones of Pinus cembra in the Alps, the Pyrenees and Massif Central

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-72

  Dormont, Laurent ^a,b,c   Roques, A ^a  

^a Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INSECT; PREDATION; SEED; TREE;

EUROPE; FRANCE;

CECIDOMYIA PINI; DIORYCTRIA ABIETELLA; EUPITHECIA ABIETARIA; PINUS CEMBRA; POLYDRUSUS ATOMARIUS; ZEIRAPHERA DINIANA;

EID: 0032988229     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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