Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) and Other Phytophagous Insects in a Plantation of Black Wattle, Acacia mearnsii De Wild., in Southeastern Australia

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-92

  Hunt, A J ^a,b   Gullan, P J ^a   Reid, C A M ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Co Oper Res Ctr Temperate H ^*

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA MEARNSII; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CHRYSOMELINAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOCEPHALINAE; CURCULIONIDAE; EUMOLPINAE; GALERUCINAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MACONELLICOCCUS AUSTRALIENSIS; MEMBRACIDAE; MONOLEPTA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; SEXTIUS VIRESCENS;

EID: 1542430222     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01367.x     Document Type: Article

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