Juvenile survival and development in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on con- and heterospecific immatures

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-307

  Schausberger, Peter ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Phytomedicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Development; Intraguild predation; Juvenile survival; Phytoseiidae

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MITE; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; EUSEIUS FINLANDICUS; KAMPIMODROMUS ABERRANS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 0033056967     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006241611041     Document Type: Article

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