Influence of hunger level and prey density on searching behaviour of the reduviid predator Rhynocoris marginatus (Fabricius) (Het., Reduviidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-45

  Claver, M Anto ^a   Ambrose, Dunston P ^a  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNGER; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; REDUVIIDAE; RHYNOCORIS; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 0037325029     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2003.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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