Selection of molting and pupation sites by Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Avoidance of intraguild predation

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 454-459

  Lucas, Éric ^a   Coderre, Daniel ^b   Brodeur, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coleomegilla maculata; Defense; Habitat selection; Intraguild predation; Molt; Pupation

Indexed keywords

INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MICROHABITAT; MOLT; PUPATION; SITE SELECTION;

CHRYSOPERLA RUFILABRIS; CHRYSOPIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 0033859951     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.3.454     Document Type: Article

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