Influence of weather conditions and density of Doru luteipes (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) on Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) egg mortality

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1159-1165

  Fenoglio, M S ^a   Trumper, E V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Earwigs; Maize; Predation; Sugarcane borer; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EGG PREDATION; INSECT; MAIZE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MOTH; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SUGARCANE; SURVIVAL; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MOTHS; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SACCHARUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

CRAMBIDAE; DERMAPTERA; DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; DORU LUTEIPES; FORFICULIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35648990576     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1159:IOWCAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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