Day-degree development and phenology modelling of the immature stages of Chrysophtharta agricola (Chapuis) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a pest of eucalypt plantations

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-183

  Nahrung, Helen F ^a,b,c   Allen, Geoff R ^a,b   Patel, Vinu S ^a  

^a CRC for Sustainable Prod Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus nitens; Lower temperature threshold; Oviposition; Paropsini

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 2942528689     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2004.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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