Introduced braconid parasitoids and range reduction of a native butterfly in New England

Biological Control

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-213

  Benson, J ^a   Van Driesche, R G ^a   Pasquale, A ^a   Elkinton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control agent; Cardamine diphylla; Cotesia glomerata; Cotesia rubecula; Habitat preference; Host preference; Nontarget impact; Parasitoid; Pieris napi; Pieris rapae; Two leafed toothwort

Indexed keywords

CARDAMINE; CARDAMINE DIPHYLLA; COTESIA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; COTESIA RUBECULA; DIPHYLLA; PIERIS NAPI; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0141744977     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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