A field study of host tree associations of an exotic species, the Asiatic oak weevil [Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs 1873), Coleoptera: Curculionidae]

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Frederick, Katy H ^a   Gering, Jon C ^a  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

INDIANA; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYRTEPISTOMUS CASTANEUS; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; MAGNOLIACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; TULIPA;

EID: 32644448578     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0011:AFSOHT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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