Functional and numerical responses do not always indicate the most effective predator for biological control: An analysis of two predators in a two-prey system

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 455-468

  Lester, P J ^a,b,c   Harmsen, R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acari; Alternative prey; Generalist predators; Intraguild effects

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANONYCHUS; PANONYCHUS ULMI; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 0036087643     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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