Oviposition responses to patch quality in the larch ladybird Aphidecta obliterata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Effects of aphid density, and con- and heterospecific tracks

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Oliver, T H ^a   Timms, J E L ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Leather, S R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adalia bipunctata; Aphidecta obliterata; Chrysoperla carnea; Ladybirds; Oviposition; Patch quality; Prey density; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; OVIPOSITION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEMIOCHEMICAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APHID; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEETLES; CUES; FEMALE; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA; APHIDIDAE; CHRYSOPERLA CARNEA; CHRYSOPIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LARIX;

EID: 32944477804     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2005395     Document Type: Article

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