Measuring parasitoid movement from floral resources in a vineyard

Biological Control

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-113

  Scarratt, S L ^a   Wratten, S D ^a   Shishehbor, P ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Braconidae; Conservation biological control; Dispersal; Dolichogenidea tasmanica; Epiphyas postvittana; Mark capture; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; DOLICHOGENIDEA TASMANICA; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 45849099460     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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