Interactions in a tritrophic acarine predator-prey metapopulation system: Effects of Tetranychus urticae on the dispersal rates of Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acarina: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 259-278

  Zemek, R ^a   Nachman, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acari; Dispersal behaviour; Migration; Phytoseiidae; Phytoseiulus persimilis; Predator prey interactions; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEM; PREDATORY MITE; PREY DENSITY; TRITOPHIC INTERACTION;

ACARI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSINILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 0031923313     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006022500205     Document Type: Article

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