Effects of site characteristics and release history on establishment of Agapeta zoegana (Lepidoptera: Cochylidae) and Cyphocleonus achates (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), root-feeding herbivores of spotted knapweed, Centaurea maculosa

Biological Control

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 122-130

  Clark, S E ^a   Van Driesche, R G ^a   Sturdevant, N ^b   Elkinton, J ^a   Buonaccorsi, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agapeta zoegana; Biological control; Centaurea maculosa; Cyphocleonus achates; Establishment correlates; Site characteristics; Spotted knapweed

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LOAM SOIL; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; WEED CONTROL;

AGAPETA ZOEGANA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CYPHOCLEONUS ACHATES;

EID: 0034788851     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2001.0960     Document Type: Article

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