Impact of feeding by Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera: Coreidae) on the major storage reserves of mature Douglas-fir (Pinaceae) seeds

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-102

  Bates, Sarah L ^a   Borden, John H ^a   Savoie, Anne ^a,c   Blatt, Suzanne E ^a,c   Lait, Cameron G ^a   Kermode, Allison R ^a   Bennett, Robb G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BC Forest Service   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PROTEIN; SEED;

ABIES; ARTHROPODA; CONIFEROPHYTA; COREIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; LEPTOGLOSSUS OCCIDENTALIS; LYGAEIDAE; PINACEAE; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0034066956     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/ent13291-1     Document Type: Article

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