Biological control as a tool for ecosystem management

Biological Control

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-257

  Headrick, David H ^a   Goeden, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Conservation; Invasive species; Weed control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; WEED CONTROL;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034936503     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2001.0939     Document Type: Article

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15. Impacto ecologico de la hormiga loca, Paratrechina fulva (Mayr), en el municipio de Cimitarra (Santander)
16. Exotic invertebrates and their effects in California
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18. Invasibility: Lesson from south Florida
19. Host specificity in microbe-insect interactions
20. Metamasius callizona (Chevrolat) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), an immigrant pest, destroys bromeliads in Florida
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23. Establishment of Rhinocyllus conicus (Col.: Curculionidae) on Italian thistle in southern California
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52. Forward
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54. The need for research on exotic pests in California
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68. Fear no weevil?
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