Factors affecting ambulatory dispersal in the predaceous mite Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-250

  Auger, Philippe ^a   Tixier, Marie Stéphane ^a   Kreiter, Serge ^a   Fauvel, Guy ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Neoseiulus californicus; Panonychus ulmi; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HUMIDITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACARI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 0032920014     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006019014708     Document Type: Article

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