Predicting population dynamics of weed biological control agents: Science or gazing into crystal balls?

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-344

  Zalucki, Myron P ^a   Van Klinken, Rieks D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate; CLIMEX; Day degrees; Modelling; Phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748951750     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2006.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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