Plant utilization patterns of a guild of leafhoppers on a woody plant community in the Chihuahuan Desert

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 914-922

  Logarzo, Guillermo ^a   Richman, David B ^a   Gould, William R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cicadellidae; Desert plants; Host availability; Leafhoppers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST USE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; CHIHUSHUAN DESERT; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CICADELLIDAE; GUTIERREZIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036802079     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.5.914     Document Type: Article

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