Can trapping control Asian paper wasp (Polistes chinensis antennalis) populations?

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-282

  Toft, Richard J ^a   Harris, Richard J ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asian paper wasp; Control; Polistes; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PEST CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRAPPING; WASP;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; POLISTES; POLISTES CHINENSIS ANTENNALIS; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 11844291378     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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