Lantana camara and the fruit- and seed-damaging fly, Ophiomyia lantanae (Agromyzidae): Seed predator, recruitment promoter or dispersal disrupter?

Biological Control

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-257

  Vivian Smith, Gabrielle ^a   Gosper, Carl R ^a   Wilson, Anita ^a,b   Hoad, Kate ^a,c  

^a The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Frugivore; Germination; Impact evaluation; Intraspecific variation; Invasive plant; Lantana camara; Ophiomyia lantanae; Recruitment; Seed bank; Seed damage; Seed dispersal; Seed size

Indexed keywords

AGROMYZIDAE; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; OPHIOMYIA LANTANAE;

EID: 29244440384     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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