Factors influencing top-down control of insect pest populations in biological control systems

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-332

  Mills, Nick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0035193594     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00070     Document Type: Article

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