Effect of herbivore density, timing of attack and plant community on performance of creeping thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-352

  Bacher, S ^a   Schwab, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Biological weed control; Cassida rubiginosa; Cirsium arvense; Defoliation; Density dependence; Ecological compensation area; Field study; Herbivory; Indigenous agents; Insect plant interaction; Plant competition; Timing of infestation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EUROPE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; PLANT GROWTH; SPECIES DENSITY; WEED CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HERBIVORE; PLANT COMMUNITY; WEED CONTROL;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; CASSIDA; CASSIDA RUBIGINOSA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033921198     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150050044619     Document Type: Article

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