Sampling and dynamics of pseudacteon tricuspis (Diptera: Phoridae) in Louisiana

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 539-550

  Henne, Donald C ^a,b   Johnson, Seth J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Phenology; Relative abundance; Sampling; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; FLY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIPTERA; FEMALE; LOUISIANA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 68049111346     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0305     Document Type: Article

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