The Trojan female technique: A novel, effective and humane approach for pest population control

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1773, 2013, Pages

  Gemmell, Neil J ^a   Jalilzadeh, Aidin ^a   Didham, Raphael K ^b   Soboleva, Tanya ^c   Tompkins, Daniel M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Fertility control; Mathematical model; Mtdna; Population viability; Sterile male technique

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; FITNESS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84887004730     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2549     Document Type: Article

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