Invasive species in the last frontier: Distribution and phenology of birch leaf mining sawflies in Alaska

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Snyder, Cynthia ^a   MacQuarrie, Chris J K ^b   Zogas, Ken ^a   Kruse, James L ^a   Hard, John ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fenusa; Heterarthrus Hymenoptera; Leaf miner; Profenusa; Tenthredidinae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIRCH LEAF MINING SAWFLIES; FENUSA PUMILA; FORESTED ECOSYSTEMS; HETERARTHRUS NEMORATUS; LARVAL PHENOLOGY; PROFENUSA THOMSONI; TENTHREDIDINAE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAFMINER; PEST DAMAGE; PEST OUTBREAK; PHENOLOGY;

BETULA; CROWNS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PHENOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ALASKA; ANCHORAGE; FAIRBANKS; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGROMYZIDAE; FENUSA; HETERARTHRUS; HETERARTHRUS NEMORATUS; HYMENOPTERA; PROFENUSA; PROFENUSA THOMSONI; SYMPHYTA;

EID: 34249905214     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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