Effect of relative humidity on emergence and on dispersal and regrouping of first instar Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 757-761

  Hirose, Edson ^a   Panizzi, Antônio R ^b   Cattelan, Alexandre J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Behavior; Heteroptera; Microclimate; Stink bug

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; HUMIDITY; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; HEMIPTERA; HUMIDITY; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 33846807683     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600006     Document Type: Article

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