Floral diversity, parasitoids and hyperparasitoids - A laboratory approach

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 588-597

  Araj, Salah Eddin ^a   Wratten, Steve ^a   Lister, Alison ^a   Buckley, Hannah ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Alyssum; Aphidius ervi; Buckwheat; Coriander; Dendrocerus aphidum; Phacelia

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ALYSSUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; BRACONIDAE; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; DENDROCERUS APHIDUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEGASPILIDAE; PHACELIA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 47049109855     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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