"Superfluous killing" of aphids: A potentially beneficial behaviour of the predator Poecilus cupreus (L.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)?

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 583-590

  Lang, A ^a,b   Gsodl S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Plant Protection   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Biological control; Carabidae; Poecilus cupreus; Predator; Prey; Rhopalosiphum padi; Superfluous killing; Wasteful killing

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; PREDATOR;

ACHETA; APHIDIDAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; HEMIPTERA; MELANOGASTER; ORTHOPTERA; POECILUS; POECILUS CUPREUS; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 0346935993     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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