Dispersal abilities of adult click beetles in arable land revealed by analysis of carbon stable isotopes

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Schallhart, Nikolaus ^a   Wallinger, Corinna ^a   Juen, Anita ^a   Traugott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

13C; Agriotes obscurus; Pest control; Pheromone traps; Wireworms

Indexed keywords

AGRIOTES; AGRIOTES OBSCURUS; COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67651216042     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2009.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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