Monitoring autumn gum moth (Mnesampela privata): Relationships between pheromone and light trap catches and oviposition in eucalypt plantations

Australian Forestry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-191

  Östrand, Fredrik ^a   Elek, Jane A ^b   Steinbauer, Martin J ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry and CSIRO Entomology ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Beneficial insects; Costs; Defoliation; Efficiency; Eucalypts; Mnesampela privata; Monitoring; Natural enemies; Plantations; Population forecasts; Risk assessment; Sampling; Standardization

Indexed keywords

COSTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIAN FORESTRY; AUTUMN GUM MOTH; LIGHT TRAP CATCHES; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONE GLAND; SEX PHEROMONE GLAND;

FORESTRY;

COSTS; DEFOLIATION; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MNESAMPELA PRIVATA;

EID: 35348824206     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2007.10675019     Document Type: Article

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