Poor host plant quality causes omnivore to consume predator eggs

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 478-483

  Janssen, Arne ^a   Willemse, Ellen ^a   Van Der Hammen, Tessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Omnivore diet; Phytoseiidae; Plant quality; Thrips

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; EGG PREDATION; HOST QUALITY; OMNIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREDATOR;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 0037993941     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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