The significance of prey in the diet of the phytophagous thrips, Frankliniella schultzei

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-81

  Milne, M ^a   Walter, G H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

cotton; development; diet choice; diet supplements; facultative predation; fecundity; Frankliniella schultzei; Insecta; life span; Thysanoptera

Indexed keywords

FRANKLINIELLA SCHULTZEI; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MALVACEAE; MALVAVISCUS ARBOREUS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

DEVELOPMENT; DIET; FACULTATIVE PREDATION; FECUNDITY; LIFE SPAN;

EID: 0030618420     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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