Estimation of population density and dispersal parameters of the adult sugarcane wireworm, Melanotus okinawensis Ohira (Coleoptera: Elateridae), on Ikei Island, Okinawa, by mark-recapture experiments

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Kishita, Mitsunobu ^a   Arakaki, Norio ^a   Kawamura, Futoshi ^a   Sadoyama, Yasutsune ^a   Yamamura, Kohji ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dispersal distance; Melanotus okinawensis; Population density; Sex pheromone; Wireworm

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; MELANOTUS OKINAWENSIS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0042879964     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.233     Document Type: Article

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