Selection of resting areas by emerging Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on downy birch (Betula pubescens)

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-42

  Carpenter, Simon ^a   Mordue, William ^a   Mordue, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides impunctatus; Downy birch; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FEMALE; FLY; HABITAT USE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; RESTING STAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BRYOPHYTA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 37049001428     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870701469138     Document Type: Article

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