Long-term monitoring of the introduced emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) egg parasitoid, Oobius agrili (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), in Michigan, USA and evaluation of a newly developed monitoring technique

Biological Control

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-42

  Abell, Kristopher J ^a,c   Bauer, Leah S ^b,c   Duan, Jian J ^d   Van Driesche, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Natural enemy introduction; Parasitoid recovery methods; Parasitoid release and recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906769082     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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