Biological control of Eurasian watermilfoil by aquatic insects: Basic insights from an applied problem

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-184

  Newman, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol agents; Exotic weeds; Herbivory; Milfoil decline; Milfoil weevil

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WEED CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACENTRIA; ACHILLEA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; COLEOPTERA; CRICOTOPUS; CRICOTOPUS MYRIOPHYLLI; CURCULIONIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMERELLA; EUHRYCHIOPSIS; EUHRYCHIOPSIS LECONTEI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEPOMIS; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 1842538069     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0159-0145     Document Type: Review

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