Plant architecture and the foraging success of ladybird beetles attacking the Russian wheat aphid

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-161

  Clark, Teresa L ^a   Messina, Frank J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diuraphis noxia; Foraging behavior; Plant architecture; Propylea quatuordecimpunctata; Tri trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

FORAGING SUCCESS; FOURTEEN-SPOTTED LADYBIRD; NATURAL ENERGY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RUSSIAN WHEAT ASPHID;

AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIURAPHIS NOXIA; HOMOPTERA; ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES; PROPYLEA QUATUORDECIMPUNCTATA;

EID: 0031951475     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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