The influence of air temperature and sunlight intensity on mate-locating behavior of Pieris rapae crucivora

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1081-1087

  Hirota, Tadao ^a   Obara, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0034310270     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.1081     Document Type: Article

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