Biological control insect use of fertilized and unfertilized diffuse knapweed in a Colorado grassland

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 225-234

  Lejeune, K D ^a   Suding, K N ^b,c   Sturgis, S ^b   Scott, A ^b   Seastedt, T R ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Centaurea diffusa; Cyphocleonus achates; Fertilization effects; Larinus minutus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FERTILIZER; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; WEED CONTROL;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA DIFFUSA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYPHOCLEONUS ACHATES; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LARINUS; LARINUS MINUTUS; SPHENOPTERA JUGOSLAVICA; TEPHRITIDAE; UROPHORA;

EID: 13544253483     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.1.225     Document Type: Article

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