A test of high-dose verbenone for stand-level protection of lodgepole and whitebark pine from mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) attacks

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1614-1621

  Bentz, B J ^a   Kegley, S ^b   Gibson, K ^b   Thier, R ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Biological control; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Pheromone; Semiochemical

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 27544475472     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/98.5.1614     Document Type: Article

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