Current and future insect threats to UK forestry

Outlooks on Pest Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-24

  Leather, Simon ^a  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Forestry; Invasive; Native; Pests; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897668884     PISSN: 17431026     EISSN: 17431034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1564/v25_feb_07     Document Type: Article

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