Feeding preferences of the Christmas beetle Anoplognathus chloropyrus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and four paropsine species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on selected Eucalyptus grandis clonal foliage

Australian Forestry

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 184-190

  Johns, Caitlin V ^a   Stone, Christine ^b   Hughes, Lesley ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Christmas beetles; Chrysomelids; Defoliation; Eucalyptus grandis; Insect resistance

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INSECT CONTROL; NITROGEN; PLANT MANAGEMENT; SCREENING;

CHRISTMAS BEETLES; CHRYSOMELIDS; CLONAL FOLIAGE; PAROPSINE SPECIES;

VEGETATION;

CORRELATION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INSECT CONTROL; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SCREENING;

BEATA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; INSECTA; PAROPSIS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 5444239703     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2004.10674932     Document Type: Article

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