Effect of arena size on behaviour and mortality of the oriental cockroach Blatta orientalis in arenas with a cypermethrin deposit adjacent to harbourage access points

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-73

  Le Patourel, G N J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blatta orientalis; Cockroach behaviour; Cypermethrin; Experimental arena; Oriental cockroach

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARENA; BLATTA ORIENTALIS; BLATTARIA;

EID: 85032070136     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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