Effectiveness of larval defenses against spider predation in cranberry ecosystems

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1083-1091

  Bardwell, Carolyn J ^a   Averill, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice test; Cranberry system; Larval defenses; Spider predation

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CRYPSIS; GEOMETRIDAE; HABRONATTUS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; PARDOSA; SALTICIDAE; TORTRICIDAE; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 0030513231     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.5.1083     Document Type: Article

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