Did biological control cause extinction of the coconut moth, Levuana iridescens, in Fiji?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 133-141

  Kuris, Armand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bessa remota; Biological control; Coconut moth; Coconut palm; Collateral damage; Extinction; Fiji; Host specificity; Levuana iridescens; Non target impact

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EXTINCTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NONTARGET ORGANISM;

FIJI;

COCOS NUCIFERA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALAYA; TACHINIDAE; ZYGAENIDAE;

EID: 0038041349     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024015327707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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