Use of life table statistics and degree-day values to predict the invasion success of Gonatocerus ashmeadi (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), in California

Biological Control

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 276-283

  Pilkington, Leigh J ^a   Hoddle, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Degree days; Demographics; GIS mapping; Gonatocerus ashmeadi; Homalodisca coagulata; Invasion; Life table statistics; Net reproductive rate

Indexed keywords

CICADELLIDAE; GONATOCERUS ASHMEADI; HEMIPTERA; HOMALODISCA COAGULATA; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 33646180024     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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