The temporal correlation and spatial synchrony in the stemborer and parasitoid system of Coast Kenya with climate effects

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 381-387

  Jiang, Nanqing ^a   Zhou, Guofa ^b   Overholt, William A ^c   Muchugu, Eric ^a   Schulthess, Fritz ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Correlation; Parasitoid; Spatial synchrony; Stemborer

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; CHILO ORICHALCOCILIELLUS; CHILO PARTELLUS; COTESIA FLAVIPES; COTESIA SESAMIAE; CRAMBIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS;

EID: 33846524134     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697470     Document Type: Article

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