Predation by native arthropods on the African parasitoid Prorops nasuta (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) in coffee plantations of Mexico

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-88

  Infante, Francisco ^a   Mumford, John ^b   García Ballinas, Alvaro ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COFFEE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PARASITOID;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BETHYLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOTHENEMUS; HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI; PROROPS NASUTA; SCOLYTIDAE; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 1842425843     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0086:PBNAOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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