Comparison of Numerical Response and Predation Effects of Two Coccinellid Species on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Homoptera: Adelgidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 763-767

  Butin, Elizabeth ^a   Elkinton, Joseph ^a   Havill, Nathan ^a,b   Montgomery, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelges tsugae; Biological control; Hemlock; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Pseudoscymnus tsugae; Scymnus ningshanensis

Indexed keywords

ADELGES; ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CONIUM MACULATUM; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; PSEUDOSCYMNUS; PSEUDOSCYMNUS TSUGAE; SCYMNUS NINGSHANENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS; TSUGA CAROLINIANA;

EID: 0242490684     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.3.763     Document Type: Article

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