Dynamics of refuge use: Diurnal, vertical migration by predatory and herbivorous mites within cassava plants

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-69

  Onzo, Alexis ^a,b   Hanna, Rachid ^a   Zannou, Ignace ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^b   Yaninek, John S ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CASSAVA; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; MITE; PREDATOR; REFUGE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MONONYCHELLUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 0012946218     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12572.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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