Predation by the carabid beetles Pterostichus madidus and Nebria brevicollis is affected by size and condition of the prey slug Deroceras reticulatum

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-106

  Mair, J ^a   Port, G R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Carabids; Insect behaviour; Prey size; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BODY SIZE; FOREST; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; ZOOLOGY;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; FABRICIUS; GASTROPODA; INSECTA; NEBRIA BREVICOLLIS; PTEROSTICHUS; PTEROSTICHUS MADIDUS;

EID: 0034984057     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2001.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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