Canada thistle biological control agents on two South Dakota wildlife refuges

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Reed, Catherine C ^a,b   Larson, Diane L ^a,c   Larson, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center ^*

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Canada thistle; Ceutorhynchus litura; Cirsium arvense; Rhinocyllus conicus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INSECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CASSIDA RUBIGINOSA; CEUTORHYNCHUS LITURA; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; INSECTA; LARINUS PLANUS; ORELLIA RUFICAUDA; RHINOCYLLUS CONICUS; UROPHORA CARDUI;

EID: 31144476932     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[47:CTBCAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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