The functions of plant feeding in the omnivorous predator Dicyphus hesperus: Water places limits on predation

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 380-386

  Gillespie, D R ^a   Mcgregor, R R ^a,b  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dicyphus hesperus; Generalist predator; Heteroptera; Miridae; Omnivory; Plant feeding; Tomato; Zoophytophagous predator

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OMNIVORY;

EID: 0033662794     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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