Activity, feeding, and development among larvae of specialist and generalist phytoseiid mite species (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 322-329

  Schausberger, P ^a   Croft, B A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Generalist specialist predators; Life history; Life style types; Predatory mites

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MITE;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS; AMBLYSEIUS ANDERSONI; ARACHNIDA; EUSEIUS FINLANDICUS; EUSEIUS HIBISCI; GALENDROMUS; GALENDROMUS OCCIDENTALIS; INVERTEBRATA; KAMPIMODROMUS; KAMPIMODROMUS ABERRANS; NEOSEIULUS BARKERI; NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUS; NEOSEIULUS CUCUMERIS; NEOSEIULUS FALLACIS; NEOSEIULUS LONGISPINOSUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIA; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 0032941310     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.2.322     Document Type: Article

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