Do functional responses of predatory arthropods reach a plateau? A case study of Orius insidiosus with western flower thrips as prey

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-329

  Van Den Meiracker, R A F ^a,b   Sabelis, M W ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthocoridae; Digestion; Frankliniella occidentalis; Functional response; Numerical response; Orius insidiosus; Predation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MODELING; PEST CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANTHOCORIDAE; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; HETEROPTERA; ORIUS INSIDIOSUS;

EID: 0033054996     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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