Impact of livestock grazing on abundance of miridae and reduviidae (hemiptera) in crested wheatgrass pastures

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-313

  O'Neill, Kevin M ^a   Blodgett, Sue ^a   Olson, Bret E ^a   Miller, Richard S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black grass bugs; Capsus; Grazing management; Irbisia; Labops

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMIPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMIPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; TIME FACTORS;

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; CAPSUS; CAPSUS CINCTUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; IRBISIA; LABOPS; LABOPS HESPERIUS; MIRIDAE; POA; POACEAE; REDUVIIDAE;

EID: 42449107774     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[309:IOLGOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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