Prey consumption and fecundity of the carabid beetle Calathus melanocephalus on diets of three cereal aphids: High consumption rates of low-quality prey

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 422-429

  Bilde, Trine ^a   Toft, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Egg production; Food quality; Prey tolerance

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; FECUNDITY; INGESTION RATE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDATION;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; CALATHUS MELANOCEPHALUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; MELANOGASTER; METOPOLOPHIUM DIRHODUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; SITOBION AVENAE;

EID: 0032752196     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-4056(24)00564-x     Document Type: Article

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