Predators induce interspecific herbivore competition for food in refuge space

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-177

  Pallini, Angelo ^a,b   Janssen, Arne ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Biological control; Interspecific herbivore competition; Odour; Refuge

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; NEOSEIULUS CUCUMERIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICAE;

EID: 0001576352     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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