Effect of flea beetles (Aphthona nigriscutis) on prairie invaded by leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) in Manitoba

Great Plains Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 167-184

  Mico, Michelle A ^a   Shay, Jennifer M ^b  

^a University of Manitoba ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black dot flea beetle (Aphthona nigriscutis); Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula); Mixed grass prairie; Native vegetation; Recovery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HABITAT RESTORATION; PRAIRIE; WEED CONTROL;

CANADA;

ALTICINI; APHTHONA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYPERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; EUPHORBIACEAE; POACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0036523758     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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