Sampling for adult coccinellids and their numerical response to strawberry aphids (coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Homoptera:Aphididae)

The Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 153-161

  Frazer, B D ^a   Raworth, D A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84974399990     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent117153-2     Document Type: Article

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