Emergence and seasonal activity of the entomophagous rove beetle Aleochara bilineata (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in canola in Western Canada

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1451-1460

  Broatch, J S ^a,b   Dosdall, L M ^a   Yang, R C ^a,c   Harker, K N ^d   Clayton, G W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Agriculture and Food   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^d LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Brassica rapa; Delia platura; Delia radicum; Logistic model

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; CANOLA; CROP; FLY; OVIPOSITION; PEST SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRASSICA; CANADA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRASSICA; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALEOCHARA BILINEATA; ANTHOMYIIDAE; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; COLEOPTERA; DELIA; DELIA PLATURA; DELIA RADICUM; DIPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 58149259987     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-37.6.1451     Document Type: Article

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