Biological pest control in Mexico

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-140

  Williams, Trevor ^a   Arredondo Bernal, Hugo C ^b   Rodŕiguez Del Bosque, Luis A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Centro Nacional de Referencia de Control Biológico   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

current programs; future prospects; historical successes; megadiversity; Mesoamerican biological corridor; native and exotic insect pests

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INSECT; MEXICO; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; MEXICO; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873824163     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153552     Document Type: Review

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