Measuring and modelling the dispersal of Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in alfalfa fields

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 487-493

  Van Der Werf, W ^a   Evans, E W ^a   Powell, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Biological control; Coccinella septempunctata; Coccinellidae; Dispersal; Immigration; Landscape; Mark recapture; Modelling; Sevenspotted lady beetle; Space; Sugar spraying; Utah; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISPERSAL; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION MODELING;

COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0034484542     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2000.075     Document Type: Article

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