Anatomy of an outbreak: The biology and population dynamics of a Cardiaspina psyllid species in an endangered woodland ecosystem

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 292-301

  Hall, Aidan A G ^a   Gherlenda, Andrew N ^a   Hasegawa, Shun ^a,b   Johnson, Scott N ^a   Cook, James M ^a   Riegler, Markus ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiaspina; Defoliation; Eucalypts; Grey box; Insect outbreak; Natural enemies; Resource availability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS MOLUCCANA; HEXAPODA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 84935715495     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/afe.12106     Document Type: Article

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