Establishment of the hemlock woolly adelgid predator, laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), in the Eastern United States

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 440-448

  Mausel, D L ^a,b   Salom, S M ^a   Kok, L T ^a   Davis, G A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelges tsugae; Establishment; Laricobius nigrinus; Release strategy; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HEMIPTERA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TSUGA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; BEETLES; HEMIPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TSUGA;

GEORGIA; JAPAN; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERODONTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LARICOBIUS NIGRINUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77952698908     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09088     Document Type: Article

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