Chalcid parasitoid community associated with the invading pest Dryocosmus kuriphilus in north-western Italy

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-123

  Quacchia, Ambra ^a   Ferracini, Chiara ^a   Nicholls, James A ^b   Piazza, Enzo ^a   Saladini, Matteo A ^a   Tota, Federica ^a   Melika, George ^c   Alma, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chalcidoidea; Chestnut gallwasp; Dryocosmus kuriphilus; Indigenous parasitoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875253809     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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