Relation of cattle manure age to colonization by stable fly and house fly (Diptera: Muscidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-72

  Broce, Alberto B ^a   Haas, Merrilee S ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATTRACTANT; CATTLE; COLONIZATION; FLY; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MANURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

MUSCA DOMESTICA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 0033498959     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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