Density of the eriophyid mites inhabiting the domatia of Cinnamomum camphora Linn. affects the density of the predatory mite, Amblyseius sojaensis Ehara (Acari: Phytoseiidae), not inhabiting the domatia

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 617-619

  Kasai, Atsushi ^a   Yano, Shuichi ^a   Takafuji, Akio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyseius sojaensis; Cinnamomum camphora; Domatia; Eriophyid mites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS; AMBLYSEIUS SOJAENSIS; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 0038364164     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.617     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Agrawal, A. A. (1997) Do leaf domatia mediate a plant-mite mutualism? An experimental test of the effect on predators and herbivores. Ecol. Entomol. 22: 371-376.
2. Agrawal, A. A., R. Karban and R. G. Golfer (2000) How leaf domatia and induced plant resistance affect natural enemies and plant performance. Oikos 89: 70-80.
3. Damman, H. (1987) Leaf quality and enemy avoidance by the larvae of a pyralid moth. Ecology 68: 88-97.
4. Grostal, P. and D. J. O'Dowd (1994) Plants, mites and mutualism: leaf domatia and the abundance and reproduction of mites on Viburnum tinus (Caprifoliaceae). Oecologia 97: 308-315.
5. Larsson, S., H. Haggstrom and R. F. D. Denno (1997) Preference for protected feeding site by larvae of the willow-feeding leaf beetle Galerucella lineola. Ecol. Entomol. 22: 445-452.
6. Norton, A. P., G. English-Loeb, D. Gadoury and R. C. Seem (2000) Mycophagous mites and foliar pathogens: leaf domatia mediate tritrophic interactions in grapes. Ecology 81: 490-499.
7. O'Dowd, D. J. and M. F. Willson (1989) Leaf domatia and mites on Australasian plants: ecological and evolutionary implications. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 37: 191-236.
8. O'Dowd, D. J. and M. F. Willson (1991) Associations between mites and leaf domatia. Trends Ecol. Evol. 6: 179-182.
9. Pemberton, R. W. and C. E. Turner (1989) Occurrence of predatory and fungivorous mites in leaf domatia. Am. J. Bot. 76: 105-112.
10. Walter, D. E. and D. J. O'Dowd (1992) Leaf morphology and predators: effect of leaf domatia on the abundance of predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Environ. Entomol. 21: 478-484.