Seasonal population changes of five parasitoids attacking the scale insect Nipponaclerda biwakoensis on the common reed, with special reference to predation by wintering birds

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-329

  Kaneko, Shuji ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shizuoka Agric Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aclerdidae; Emberizidae; Encyrtidae; Eulophidae; Homoptera; Hymenoptera; Phragmites australis

Indexed keywords

ACLERDIDAE; AVES; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; EMBERIZINAE; ENCYRTIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33845445176     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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