Establishment of multicolored Asian lady beetle in Eastern North Carolina: Seasonal abundance and crop exploitation within an agricultural landscape

BioControl

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-378

  Nault, Brian A ^a   Kennedy, George G ^b  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Habitat utilization; Harmonia axyridis; Landscape

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HABITAT USE; SEASONALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; CYCLONEDA; GLYCINE MAX; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEXAPODA; HIPPODAMIA; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; INSECTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0042066745     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024763804318     Document Type: Article

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