Factors facilitating synergistic predation: The central role of synchrony

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 378-386

  Losey, John E ^a,b   Denno, Robert F ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Agroecosystem management; Alfalfa aphid predator system; Aphids; Biological control; Carabids; Coccinellids; Ground foraging predators; Predator guild overlap; Predator predator interactions; Predator prey interaction; Synergistic predation

Indexed keywords

APHID; PREDATION; SYNCHRONY; SYNERGISM;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; AMARA FAMILIARIS; AMARA OCTOPUNCTATUM; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; HARPALUS AENEUS; HARPALUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HOMOPTERA; PHILONTHUS;

EID: 0033135852     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0378:FFSPTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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