Occurrence and effects of Nosema fumiferanae infections on adult spruce budworm caught above and within the forest canopy

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-258

  Eveleigh, Eldon S ^a,b   Lucarotti, Christopher J ^a,b   McCarthy, Peter C ^a   Morin, Benoit ^a   Royama, Tomo ^a   Thomas, Anthony W ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choristoneura fumiferana; Dispersal; Entomopathogen transmission; Nosema fumiferanae; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA FUMIFERANAE; PICEA;

EID: 35448979577     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2007.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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