Behavioral studies, molecular approaches, and modeling: Methodological contributions to biological control success

Biological Control

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-262

  Mills, Nicholas J ^a   Kean, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Arthropod; Augmentation; Importation; Non target attack; Parasitoid; Pathogen; Vertebrate; Weed

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 75449096232     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.03.018     Document Type: Review

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