Season and Soil Moisture Effect on Movement, Survival, and Distribution of Cyrtomenus bergi (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) within the Soil Profile

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1182-1189

  Riis, Lisbeth ^a,b,c   Esbjerg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Pest and Disease Management Unit   (Colombia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cydnidae; Cyrtomenus bergi; Distribution; Movement; Soil moisture; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYDNIDAE; CYRTOMENUS; CYRTOMENUS BERGI; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0542444789     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.5.1182     Document Type: Article

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