Successful spread of a biocontrol agent reveals a biosecurity failure: Elucidating long distance invasion pathways for Gonatocerus ashmeadi in French Polynesia

BioControl

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-495

  Petit, Jérôme N ^a   Hoddle, Mark S ^b   Grandgirard, Julie ^a   Roderick, George K ^a   Davies, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Biosecurity; Homalodisca vitripennis; Human mediated dispersal; Invasion pathways; Quarantine; Stratified dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOMARKER; BIOSAFETY; DISPERSAL; EGG PARASITOID; FLY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST SPECIES;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

GONATOCERUS ASHMEADI; HOMALODISCA; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 70349678965     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-008-9204-7     Document Type: Article

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