Assessment of risk posed by introduced braconid wasps to Pieris virginiensis, a native woodland butterfly in New England

Biological Control

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-93

  Benson, Jessica ^a   Pasquale, Andy ^a   Van Driesche, Roy ^a   Elkinton, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Biological control; Cardamine diphylla; Cotesia glomerata; Cotesia rubecula; Hyposoter sp.; Nontarget impacts; Pieris virginiensis

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA; CARDAMINE DIPHYLLA; COTESIA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; COTESIA RUBECULA; DIPHYLLA; HYPOSOTER; ICHNEUMONIDAE; PIERIS NAPI; PIERIS RAPAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037222629     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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