Monitoring the effects of Rodolia cardinalis on Icerya purchasi populations on the Galapagos Islands

BioControl

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-179

  Alvarez, Carolina Calderón ^a   Causton, Charlotte E ^a   Hoddle, Mark S ^b   Hoddle, Christina D ^b   van Driesche, Roy ^c   Stanek III, Edward J ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coccinellidae; Evaluation; Galapagos Islands; Invasive species; Monophlebidae; Natural enemy

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MANGROVE; NATURAL ENEMY; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

COCCINELLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; ICERYA PURCHASI; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; MARGARODIDAE; RODOLIA CARDINALIS;

EID: 84857800754     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9429-8     Document Type: Review

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