Risk assessment of an exotic biocontrol agent: Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) does not establish in rainforest in southeast Queensland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 587-592

  Walter, David Evans ^a   Azam, Golam Nabi ^a   Waite, Geoff ^b   Hargreaves, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Biotic resistance; Mites; Novel habitat; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944372430     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00769.x     Document Type: Article

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