Overwintering survival of aphthona beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): A biological control agent of leafy spurge released in North Dakota

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1539-1545

  Joshi, Ankush ^a   Olson, Denise L ^a   Carey, Donald R ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphthona flea beetles; Chill degree days; Low temperature; Overwintering; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLIMATE EFFECT; OVERWINTERING; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EUPHORBIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EUPHORBIA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SNOW; TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ALTICINI; APHTHONA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 71749111146     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0604     Document Type: Article

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