Patterns of variation in the seasonal dynamics of Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations on golf course turf

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1438-1450

  Diaz, Maria Derval C ^a,b   Seto, Masanori ^a   Peck, Daniel C ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual bluegrass weevil; Poa annua; Population fluctuations; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; DECISION MAKING; GRASS; LANDSCAPE; LARVA; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; GOLF; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NEW YORK; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; LISTRONOTUS MACULICOLLIS; POA; POA ANNUA; POACEAE;

EID: 58149229092     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-37.6.1438     Document Type: Article

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