Thermal requirements for development and resource partitioning in aphidophagous guilds

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-411

  Dixon, Anthony F G ^a   Jarošík, Vojtěch ^b,d   Honěk, Alois ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aphidophagous guilds; Cereals; Coccinellidae; Coexistence; Intraguild predation; Lower developmental threshold; Phylogenetic constraint; Sycamore; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; NICHE PARTITIONING;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; INSECTA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 24044469723     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.058     Document Type: Article

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