Effect of barometric pressure on flight initiation by Trichogramma pretiosum and Trichogramma evanescens (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1534-1540

  Fournier, François ^a   Pelletier, Dominique ^a   Vigneault, Clément ^a   Goyette, Bernard ^a   Boivin, Guy ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barometric pressure; Flight initiation; Trichogramma evanescens; Trichogramma pretiosum

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS; TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSUM; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 29544436054     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.6.1534     Document Type: Article

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