Developing techniques for monitoring forest tent caterpillar populations using synthetic pheromones

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-448

  Schmidt, B Christian ^a   Roland, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; MONITORING; PEST SPECIES; PHEROMONE;

LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 0037904767     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n02-079     Document Type: Article

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