The importance of temperature and moisture to the egg-laying behaviour of a pest slug, Deroceras reticulatum

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-115

  Willis, J C ^a   Bohan, D A ^a   Powers, S J ^a   Choi, Y H ^b   Park, J ^c   Gussin, E ^d  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d De Sangosse Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg viability; Oviposition; Population dynamics; Weather

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECUNDITY; MOISTURE; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SLUG; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 48349140255     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2008.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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