Body size and resource partitioning in ladybirds

Population Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Dixon, A F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphidophagous guilds; Body size; Coccinellidae; Coexistence; Intraguild predation

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; APHID; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; OVIPOSITION; PREDATOR;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33846075734     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-006-0019-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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