Invasion of French Polynesia by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): A new threat to the South Pacific

Pacific Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-438

  Grandgirard, Julie ^a   Hoddle, Mark S ^b   Roderick, George K ^c   Petit, Jérôme ^a   Percy, Diana ^a   Putoa, Rudolph ^d   Garnier, Charles ^d   Davies, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Service du Développement Rural   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICADELLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMALODISCA COAGULATA; INSECTA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 33748907228     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2006.0028     Document Type: Article

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