Sex ratio of Nysius huttoni White (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in field and laboratory populations

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-28

  Wei, Yong Jiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lygaeidae; Nysius huttoni; Photoperiod; Sampling; Sex ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

INSECT; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHOTOPERIOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

HEMIPTERA; LYGAEIDAE; NYSIUS HUTTONI;

EID: 42649109064     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220809510100     Document Type: Article

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