Host-plant acceptance on mineral soil and humus by the pine weevil Hylobius abietis (L.)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-66

  Björklund, Niklas ^a   Nordlander, Göran ^a   Bylund, Helena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Curculionidae; Host plant acceptance; Host volatiles; Hylobius abietis; Large pine weevil; Olfactory orientation; Picea abies; Pitfall trap; Reforestation; Scarification; Seedling damage

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYLOBIUS; HYLOBIUS ABIETIS; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0037330302     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2003.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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