Spatial and temporal patterns of dispersal of western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in nectarine orchards in British Columbia

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 831-843

  Pearsall, Isobel A ^a   Myers, Judith H ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circular statistics; Dispersal; Flight patterns; Frankliniella occidentalis; Nectarine; Western flower thrips

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLYING; INSECT; MALE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MALE; SEASONS;

EID: 0035431788     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.4.831     Document Type: Article

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