Inter- and intraspecific predation on immatures by adult females in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 131-150

  Schausberger, Peter ^a  

^a Bundesamt Forschungszentrum F L Institut für Phytomedizin   (Austria)

Author keywords

cannibalism; direct competition; E. finlandicus; Interspecific predation; K. aberrans; Phytoseiidae; T. pyri

Indexed keywords

EUSEIUS FINLANDICUS; KAMPIMODROMUS ABERRANS; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI; ACARI;

CANNIBALISM; EGG LAYING; PREDATION; PREY CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0030619435     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018478418010     Document Type: Article

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