Biology and host associations of redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), exotic vector of laurel wilt killing redbay trees in the southeastern United States

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1276-1286

  Hanula, James L ^a   Mayfield III, Albert E ^b   Fraedrich, Stephen W ^a   Rabaglia, Robert J ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Invasive species; Lauraceae; Laurel wilt

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BEETLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FLYING; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; PERSEA; PLANT DISEASES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; AMBROSIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA BORBONIA; PERSEA PALUSTRIS; PLATYPODINI; RAFFAELEA; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; SCOLYTINAE; XYLEBORUS;

EID: 50849125100     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1276:BAHAOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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