Prey preference, intraguild predation and population dynamics of an arthropod food web on plants

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 25, Issue 10-11, 2001, Pages 785-808

  Venzon, Madelaine ^a,b   Janssen, Arne ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA DE MINAS GERAIS EPAMIG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Generalist; Herbivore; Intraguild predation; Orius laevigatus; Phytoseiulus persimilis; Predator; Prey preference; Specialist; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY PREFERENCE; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; MITE; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FOOD CHAIN; MITES; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ORIUS; ORIUS LAEVIGATUS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 0035549762     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020443401985     Document Type: Article

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