The relative effects of natural enemy abundance and alternative prey abundance on aphid predation rates

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Östman, Örjan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Agricultural ecosystem; Ephemeral habitats; Predator aggregation; Prey choice; Rhopalosiphum padi

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON; ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PISUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 2342469423     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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