Intra- and interspecific predation by adult female Metaseiulus occidentalis and Typhlodromus pyri (Acari: Phytoseiidae) when provisioned with varying densities and ratios of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) and phytoseiid larvae

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-246

  MacRae, I V ^a,b   Croft, B A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; cannibalism; competition; intraguild predation; predator guild

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; METASEIULUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI; URTICAE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CANNIBALISM; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PREDATION; SPIDER MITE;

ACARI; MALUS; METASEIULUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 0030613418     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018494804806     Document Type: Article

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