Birds as predators of the pine processionary moth (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-114

  Barbaro, Luc ^a   Battisti, Andrea ^b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian predation; Biological control; Insect defoliator; Pine forests; Thaumetopoea pityocampa; Urticating setae

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGUS EUROPAEUS; CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOPHOPHANES CRISTATUS; NOTODONTIDAE; PARUS MAJOR; PERIPARUS ATER; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA; UPUPA EPOPS; UPUPIDAE;

EID: 78650173707     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.10.009     Document Type: Review

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