Interspecific variation in the escape responses of aphids: Effect on risk of predation from foliar-foraging and ground-foraging predators

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 245-252

  Losey, John E ^a,b   Denno, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Carabids; Coccinellids; Predation; Prey defensive behavior; Synergistic interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; ESCAPE RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MULTIPLE PREDATOR COMPLEX; PREDATION RISK;

ACYRTHIOSIPHON PISUM; ACYRTHOSIPHON KONDOI; ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; CARABIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTAT; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HOMOPTERA;

EID: 0031804270     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050513     Document Type: Article

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