Effects of pyriproxyfen spray, powder, and oral bait treatments on the relative abundance of nontarget arthropods of black-tailed prairie dog (Rodentia: Sciuridae) towns

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 612-618

  Karhu, Rory R ^a   Anderson, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile hormone analog; Nontarget arthropods; Pyriproxyfen

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FLEA; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; JUVENILE HORMONES; PYRIDINES; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0034220615     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.612     Document Type: Article

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