Spatial distribution and sampling plans for Mesoplatys Ochroptera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Sesbania

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 499-506

  Sileshi, G ^a,b   Baumgartner J ^c   Sithanantham, S ^b   Ogol, C K P O ^d  

^a Zambia ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zambia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)   (Ethiopia)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Mesoplatys ochroptera; Sampling; Sesbania sesban; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DEMOGRAPHY; LARVA; LEGUME; OOCYTE; PLANT SEED; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DEMOGRAPHY; FABACEAE; LARVA; OVUM; SEEDS; TREES;

EID: 0036546490     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: 1938291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-95.2.499     Document Type: Article

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