Intraguild predation of beneficial arthropods by red imported fire ants in cotton

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1168-1174

  Eubanks, Micky D ^a   Blackwell, Stuart A ^a   Parrish, Christa J ^a   Delamar, Zandra D ^a   Hull Sanders, Helen ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chrysoperla carnea; Coccinella septempunctata; Hippodamia convergens; Intraguild predation; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRAGUILD PREDATION;

UNITED STATES;

ANTHICIDAE; ANTHOCORIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOPERLA; CHRYSOPERLA CARNEA; CHRYSOPIDAE; CLUBIONIDAE; COCCINELLA; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GEOCORIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HIPPODAMIA; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LYGAEIDAE; NABIDAE; NEUROPTERA; OXYOPIDAE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 0036958170     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1168     Document Type: Article

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