Beyond biological control: Non-pest insects and their pathogens in a changing world

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-72

  Roy, Helen E ^a   Hails, Rosemary S ^a   Hesketh, Helen ^a   Roy, David B ^a   Pell, Judith K ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covert virus; Entomopathogen; Environmental change; Habitat fragmentation; Non pest insects; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349598184     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2009.00046.x     Document Type: Review

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