Using acoustic technology to reduce bark beetle reproduction

Pest Management Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-27

  Hofstetter, Richard W ^a   Dunn, David D ^b   Mcguire, Reagan ^a   Potter, Kristen A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Acoustic Ecology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Dendroctonus; Management; Mountain pine beetle; Southern pine beetle; Western pine beetle

Indexed keywords

BARK; BEETLE; BIOACOUSTICS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MATE CHOICE; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; HEXAPODA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROL; DENDROCTONUS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE; WESTERN PINE BEETLE;

CONTROL; DENDROCTONUS; MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE; WESTERN PINE BEETLE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; MALE; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84889100475     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3656     Document Type: Article

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