Rain forest provides pollinating beetles for atemoya crops

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1193-1201

  Blanche, Rosalind ^a   Cunningham, Saul A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annonaceae; Beneficial insect; Custard apple; Ecosystem service; Nitidulidae

Indexed keywords

ANNONA; ANNONA CHERIMOLA; ANNONA CHERIMOLA X ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ANNONACEAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 23844524508     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-98.4.1193     Document Type: Article

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