Sampling Plans for Pseudaletia unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae in Azorean Pastures

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1211-1218

  Silva, Luís ^a   Vieira, Virgílio ^a   Tavares, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bootstrap simulation; Island; Larval distribution; Pseudaletia unipuncta; Sequential sampling

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; PASTURE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AZORES; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL ISLAND;

LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA;

EID: 0242416140     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.1211     Document Type: Article

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