Propensity towards cannibalism among Hypoaspis aculeifer and H. miles, two soil-dwelling predatory mite species

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Berndt, Oliver ^a   Meyhöfer, Rainer ^a   Poehling, Hans Michael ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Alternative prey; Cannibalism; Developmental stages; Food quality; Hypoaspis aculeifer; Hypoaspis miles; Larvae; Nematode; Nymph; Oviposition; Predatory mites; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CANNIBALISM; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MITE; OVIPOSITION;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COLLEMBOLA; HYPOASPIS; HYPOASPIS MILES; LAELAPIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; MITE; NEMATODE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MITES; OVUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; RHABDITOIDEA; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1442288611     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000005108.72167.74     Document Type: Article

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