Rates of development, survival and predation of immature stages of Phytoseiulus longipes (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 611-621

  Badii, Mohammad H ^a   McMurtry, James A ^b   Flores, Adriana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional response models; P. Longipes; Predation; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS LONGIPES;

EID: 0032859027     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006179323636     Document Type: Article

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