Interactions and effects of multiple biological control insects on diffuse and spotted knapweed in the Front Range of Colorado

Biological Control

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-354

  Seastedt, T R ^a   Knochel, D G ^a   Garmoe, M ^a   Shosky, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Centaurea diffusa; Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos; Cyphocleonus achates; Invasive plants; Larinus minutus; Larinus obtusus; Sphenoptera jugoslavica; Urophora affinis; Urophora quadrifasciata

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA DIFFUSA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; CURCULIONIDAE; CYPHOCLEONUS ACHATES; HEXAPODA; LARINUS; LARINUS MINUTUS; LARINUS OBTUSUS; SPHENOPTERA JUGOSLAVICA; UROPHORA; UROPHORA AFFINIS; UROPHORA QUADRIFASCIATA;

EID: 34547689268     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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