French wasps in the New World: Experimental biological control introductions reveal a demographic Allee effect

Population Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-397

  Fauvergue, Xavier ^a   Hopper, Keith Roderick ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Bottleneck; Competition; Mating; Propagule pressure; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MATE LOCATION; PARASITOID; POPULATION SIZE; PROPAGULE; REPRODUCTION; SEX PHEROMONE; SEX RATIO; WASP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

APHELINIDAE; APHELINUS ASYCHIS; APHIDIDAE; DIURAPHIS NOXIA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 67349261062     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0147-3     Document Type: Article

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