Potential invasion of China by exotic insect pests associated with tree seeds

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2195-2210

  Roques, Alain ^a   Sun, Jiang Hua ^b   Auger Rozenberg, Marie Anne ^a   Hua, Ouyang ^c  

^a Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Exotic pests; Megastigmus; Seed insects; Tree seeds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INSECT; PEST SPECIES; SEED;

CHINA;

ABIES; ANIMALIA; BRUCHINAE; CHALCIDIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIPTERA; EURYTOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LARIX; LEPIDOPTERA; MEGASTIGMUS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0041707949     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024592716172     Document Type: Review

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