Alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) population dynamics and mortality factors in Virginia

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1295-1304

  Kuhar, T P ^a   Youngman, R R ^a   Laub, C A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypera postica; Life table; Mortality

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BATHYPLECTES; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYPERA POSTICA; MICROCTONUS AETHIOPOIDES;

EID: 0034489864     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.6.1295     Document Type: Article

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