Movement, Distribution, and Survival of Cyrtomenus bergi (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) within the Soil Profile in Experimentally Simulated Horizontal and Vertical Soil Water Gradients

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1175-1181

  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

Cyrtomenus bergi; Flight; Geotaxis; Movement; Relative humidity; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CYDNIDAE; CYRTOMENUS; CYRTOMENUS BERGI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0542444790     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.5.1175     Document Type: Article

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