The role of predators and attendant ants in the regulation and persistence of a population of the citrus mealybug Pseudococcus citriculus in a Satsuma orange orchard

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-202

  Itioka, Takao ^a,b   Inoue, Tamiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant attendance; Lasius niger; Natural enemies; Population regulation; Trophobiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030492722     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.195     Document Type: Article

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