Probability distribution, sampling unit, data transformations and sequential sampling of European vine moth, Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larval counts from Northern Greece vineyards

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 753-761

  Ifoulis, Antonis A ^a   Savopoulou Soultani, Matilda ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Common k; Lobesia botrana; Negative binomial distribution; Sampling unit; Sequential sampling; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; CULTIVAR; LARVA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOTH; SAMPLING; VINEYARD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOBESIA BOTRANA; TORTRICIDAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 36248979896     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.096     Document Type: Article

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