Use of radiography and tunnel castings for observing mole cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) behavior in soil

American Entomologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-50

  Villani, Michael G ^a   Allee, Leslie L ^b   Preston Wilsey, LuAnn ^a   Consolie, Nancy ^a   Xia, Yulu ^c   Brandenburg, Rick L ^d  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0742278520     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/48.1.42     Document Type: Article

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