Cargo aircraft as a pathway for the entry of nonindigenous pests into South Florida

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-78

  Dobbs, Thomas T ^a   Brodel, Charles F ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Exotic pests; Florida; Nonindigenous organisms; Pathway

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PEST SPECIES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 18444379090     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0065:CAAAPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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