Life tables of Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae): With an invalidation of the jackknife technique

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 327-339

  Huang, Y B ^a   Chi, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bactrocera cucurbitae; Jackknife technique; Life table

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FLY; FRUIT; LIFE TABLE; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84874031466     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jen.12002     Document Type: Article

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