Fitness of the hover flies Episyrphus balteatus and Eupeodes corollae faced with limited larval prey

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-59

  Rojo, Santos ^a,b   Hopper, Keith R ^a,c   Angeles Marcos Garcia M ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Service   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphididae; body size; mortality; predation; starvation; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; EUPEODES COROLLAE; APHIDIDAE; DIPTERA; DIURAPHIS NOXIA; HOMOPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

FITNESS; HOVERFLY; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029659404     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb02014.x     Document Type: Article

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