Effects of artificial shade on attack by the mahogany shoot borer, Hypsipyla robusta (Moore)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-292

  Mahroof, R M ^a,b   Hauxwell, C ^b,e   Edirisinghe, J P ^a   Watt, A D ^c   Newton, A C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Primary Industrie   (Australia)

Author keywords

Light availability; Mahogany; Meliaceae; Pest attack; Swietenia macrophylla

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HYPSIPYLA ROBUSTA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELIACEAE; PYRALIDAE; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0036846205     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2002.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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