Effects of UV-blocking films on the dispersal behavior of Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-116

  Doukas, Dimitrios ^a,b   Payne, Christopher C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Old Thatch ^*  (Greece)

^c Old Thatch   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Dispersal; Encarsia formosa; UV blocking films

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 33947193937     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[110:EOUFOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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