Beneficial thresholds for Coccinella 7-punctata L. (Col., Coccinellidae) as a predator of cereal aphids in winter wheat - Results of population investigations and computer simulations

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 213-217

  Freier, B ^a   Mowes M ^a   Triltsch, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL THRESHOLD; ECOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDATOR GUILD; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

GERMANY;

COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; PROPYLAEA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 2642679229     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1998.tb01486.x     Document Type: Article

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