Factors altering the temporal and within-plant distribution of coccinellids in corn and their impact on potential intra-guild predation

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 575-583

  Musser, Fred R ^a   Shelton, Anthony M ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleomegilla maculata; Distribution; Harmonia axyridis; Intra guild predation; Sweet corn

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MAIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038573762     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.3.575     Document Type: Article

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