The value of Collembola from agricultural soils as food for a generalist predator

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 672-683

  Bilde, Trine ^a   Axelsen, Jørgen A ^b   Toft, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Larvae development; Polyphagous predator; Prey quality

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG PRODUCTION; HANDLING TIME; NATURAL ENEMY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SURVIVAL;

BEMBIDION LAMPROS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FOLSOMIA FIMETARIA; ISOTOMA ANGLICANA; ISOTOMA NOTABILIS; ISOTOMURUS PRASINUS; LEPIDOCYRTUS CYANEUS;

EID: 0033841478     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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